Musci Exoric:.—JMenziesiani. 
: HOOKERIA PENNATA, | 
Hookeria caule erecto simplice, foliis bifariis verticali- 
bus ovato-lanceolatis serratis enervibus, stipulis orbi- 
culatis mucronulatis serratis, seta brevi, capsula ovata 
erecta. (Tas. CLXIII.) 
Hookeria pennata. Smith in Linn. Trans. v. 9. p. 277. 
Pterigophorum pennatum. Brid. Meth. Nov. Musc. p. 149. 
Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 2. p. 160. 
Cyathophorum pteridioides. Beauv. Etheog. p. 52. 
Leskea pennata. Labill.'Nov. Holl. v. 2. p. 206. t. 253. 
Anictangium bulbosum. Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 43. t.6.f.1—5. 
Has. Nova Hollandia. D. Labillardiere. In sinu Dusky Bay 
dicto, Nova Zeelandia. D. Menzies. Insula Van Diemen. 
D. Brown. 
Radix repens, tomento fusco densissime obsita. Caules digitales 
fere ad palmarem, simplices (vel rarius divisi, Ladill.), inferne 
nudi, nigri, nitidi. Folia flavo-viridia, bifaria, disticha, verti- 
calia, laxe imbricata, horizontalia, ovato-lanceolata, ineequila- 
tera, subpellucida, tenuissime reticulata, serrulata, basi obso- 
lete uninervia, Stipule foliis' triplo minores, orbiculate, 
cauli appressz, denticulato-serrulate, enerves, apice mucro- 
nulate. Perichetialia lanceolato-subulata, enervia. Peri- 
chetium in axillis stipularum, magnum, ovatum, fuscum, cor- 
poribus pistilliformibus obsitum. Seta stipula duplo triplove 
longior, curvata, basi incrassata, Capsula ovata, fusco-fer- 
gine integerrima, apice stylo terminata. Oj ; 
conico acuminatum, acutissimum. Peristomium Hypni. 
two authors are agreed as to the genus to which 
Those who have referred it to Leskea 
Scarcely any 
this noble moss belongs. 
dum is precisely our Hookeria under another name. 
the bulbous perichetium re- 
and may at first sight be mis- 
taken for the male flowers 
sule with its perichetium and calyptra. Fig. 6, capsule and pe- 
richetium. Fig. 7, pericheetial leaf, Fig. 
operculum,~—magn. 
