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conico-subulatum solum tegente ; perichfetialibus apertis elongato-lan- 

 ceolatis breviter bicostatis. — Trees and decayed logs. — A small pale- 

 green species scarcely 1 inch high, of a dendroid habit, with branches 

 and branchlets very slender, about ^ of a line wide. Near P. composi- 

 tum ; but that species, if the figure and descriptions of it are reliable, is 

 a much larger plant, with different habit and leaves. 



Gen. METEORIUM, Dz. Sf Mb. 



79. M. MACRANTHUM, D, ^ M. Pugil. Fl. Bryol. Venez. p. 47, 

 t. 12. — Trees and bushes. 



80. M. PATULUM, B. ^ M. op. cit.p. 21, t. 10. — On trees. 



81. M. CRiNiTUM, Sulliv. in U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 22, t. 20. — On 

 bushes in dense thickets. 



82. M. TRiCHOPHORUM, 3Iont. Ann. d. Sci. Nat. (1843), p. 23G. — 

 On trees. 



83. M. aff. nigricanti ? — Without fruit ; probably a new species : 

 materials too imperfect to furnish a specific character. 



84. M. iLLECEBRUM, O. Mull. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 137. — On high 

 mountains. 



Gen. HOOKERIA, Smith. 



85. H. CuBENSiS (sp. nov.) : dioica ? dense c^spitans flavo-viridis ; 

 caule prostrata, ramis ascendentibus subsimplicibus compressis latis ; 

 foliis oblongis subobovato-oblongisve breviter acuminulatis pellucidis 

 ampliuscule elliptico-areolatis immarginatis superne serratis, costis bi- 

 nis tenuibus ad medium evanidis ; capsula in pedicello brevi superne 

 scabro oblongo-elliptica erecta exannulata ; perist. dent, longissimis an- 

 gustissimis late marginatis linea mediali angusta notatis, ciliis asquilon- 

 gis, membrana basilari vix ulla ; operculo e basi elongato-conica sub- 

 ulate ; calyptra mitriformi pilis latis sursum curvatis adspersa basi 

 8-10 fida. — On bushes in thick woods. — The erect capsule, pilose 

 calyptra, and pedicel scabrous only on its upper half, sufficiently dis- 

 tinguish this species. 



86. H. CYMBiFOLiA, Hampe in Linncea, 1855, j». 783. — Logs in 

 dense woods. 



87. H. ADNATA, H.SfW. in Fl. N. Zeal. p. 123, t. 93, /. 4. — Var. 

 foliis oblongioribus minus acuminatis densius areolatis. — On the bark 

 of trees. 



88. H. VARTANS {sp. nov.): polygama dense cfespitosa flavicans ; 

 caulibus ramisque complanatis ; foliis ovato-acuminatis et lanceolatis 



