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Hookerra, Smith. 
1. H. papillata, Tayl. Caule laxe cæspitoso, decumbente, sub- 
pinnato ; foliis imbricatis, subpatentibus, deorsum heteromallis, 
concavis, late oblongis, obtusis, lineari-apiculatis, denticulatis, 
dorso papillosis, nervis binis evanescentibus ; capsula oblonga, 
obconice apophysata; operculo rostrato; seta summo apice 
scabriuscula. | 
On Pichincha. Prof. W. Jameson. 8th Aug., 1847. 
Stems three to four inches long; shoots pale green, sometimes 
yellowish-brown; the longer branches incurved. Leaves very 
concave, vaulted at the top, hence a shoulder appears on each side 
of the base of the suddenly elongated apieudus ; the nerves opaque 
and brownish. Inner peristome with sixteen perforate Zacinie, 
without any interposed cilie. Setæ nearly two inches long, deep 
red. Operculum with an opaque conical base, but the rostrum is 
constructed of a thin scariose membrane which is at length 
shrivelled. A Brazilian species, which we have by favour of Sir 
William Hooker, is so nearly allied to this, that some botanists 
may consider it the same: this last is Hookeria mollis of 
Mr. Wilson’s MSS., and seems different by the shorter and more 
pellucid nerves of the leaves, by the leaves, themselves, being more 
erect, by the shorter sete, by the ovate capsules, wider at their 
bases, and by the wider branches. 
Dazronra, Hook. et Tayi. 
1. D. Jamesoni, Tayl. Monoica. Caule dense cæspitoso, erecto, 
subsimplici; surculis subcompressis; foliis arcte imbricatis, 
erectis, late ovatis, acuminatis, medio uniplicatis, nervo evanes- 
cente, marginatis, integerrimis, grosse cellulosis; seta scabra; 
capsula erecta, subæquali, ovata; operculo longirostro, subin- 
clinato; calyptra basi dense laciniata. 
On Pichincha; near the limits of perpetual snow. Prof. W. 
Jameson. July, 1847. 
Pale yellowish-green. Stems furnished with red branched vidi 
below, about one inch high, sometimes dichotomous; branches 
erect, adpressed, flattened, scarcely wider at their summits. Leaves 
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