278 Dr. Smith's Characters of Hookeria. 



neap, nequaquarn bulbosae. Canles 3- aut 4-unciales, plerumque 

 simplices, rarius bifidi, erecti; basi denudati, nigri, nitidi ; su- 

 perne foliosi. Folia verticalia, laxe imbricata, trifaria ; serierum 

 duarum oppositarum disticha, patentissima, lanceolata, inaequi- 

 Jatera, basi uninervia; seriei intermedia? longe minora, arete ad- 

 pressa, orbiculata, Jungermanniarum quarundam auriculas si- 

 mulantia; omnia pellucida, nitida, tenuissime reticulata, mu- 

 cronulata, apicem versus serrulata. Perichatia lateralia, solita- 

 ria, e foliorum majorum axillis, foliolis lanceolatis, angustis. 

 Pedicelli basi insigniter bulbosi, solitarii, arcuato-deflexi, fulvi, 

 nitidi, foliis majoribus breviores. Capsula late ovata, undique 

 punctulato-reticulata, ferruginea. Peristomium escterius fulvum ; 

 interim flavum. Operculum capsule brevius, basi conicum, 

 apice tenuissime subulatum. Calyptra mihi ignota*. 



4. H.JMculiformis, ramis fasciculatis tripinnatis, foliis ovatis tri- 

 fariis complanatis integerrirnis enervibus; intermediis parum 

 minoribus. 



Leskea filiculiformis. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 213. U 50. 



In plagis australioribus. %, 



Radix repens, longissima, tortuosa, villosa, fusco-nigra. Caules 

 sparsi, erecti, biunciales, simplicissimi, teretiusculi, laeves, nudi, 

 apice ramosissimi ; ramis fasciculatis, radiatis, complanatis, fla- 

 belliformibus, tripinnatis, undique foliosis. Folia saturate viri- 

 dia, numerosissima, minima, trifaria, distiche complanata, cor- 

 dato-ovata, acuminata, integerrima, enervia; intermedia reli- 

 quis vix minora, arete adpressa. Perichatia subconferta, foliolis 

 majoribus, concavis, carinatis, et, ni fallor, uninervibus. Pedi- 



* Mr. R. Brown informs me that the calyptra of this species, which he has gathered 

 in New Holland, agrees with that of H. lucens. 



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