Mr. Hooker's Observations on Andrcea. 389 



l,icIife'nastrutn"alpihluT) atro-nibens teres, calycibus squamosis. 



Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 506. t. 73. n. 39. 

 fiflavicans; caulibus clongatis filiformibus, foliis lax6 imbrica- 



tis flavicantibus. .uii-jb 



ycompacta; caulibus dense pulvinatis strictissimis, foliis arete 



imbrjcatis. * 



Hab. In palustribus mentis Cader Idris, summitatem versus. In 

 cautibus humidis, a;qu^ ac siccis, mentis Suowdon et ubique 

 circa Llanberries. Dillenius. Ireland. Mr. Turner. On the 

 summits of the Highland mountains, not uncommon. 

 /3 and y on Ben Nevis. 

 Perennis. ^Estate. 



Caules caespitosi, flexuos^ erecti, unciales et ultra, ramosi, 

 rarais subsimplicibus, appressis, fastigiatis, ubique obsili foliis 

 lax6 undique imbricatis, erecto-patentibus, obovatis, vel potius 

 e basi oblongi spathulatis, apice rotundatis, et mucrone perbrevi 

 apiculatis, concavis, omnino enervibus, atro-rubescentibus ut 

 oculo inermi nigra videantur, sub microscopic tamen flavican- 

 tibus, per totam substantiam longitudinaliter minutissim^ punc- 

 tato-striatis ; Penchcetialia ovato-oblonga, acutiuscula, circa pe- 

 dicellum arctfe imbricata, interiora circa ejus basin convoluta, 

 exteriora erecta et concava, omnia colore substantiaque canli- 

 norum similia; Pcrigonialia abbreviata, ovato-subrotunda, acu- 

 minata, concava. oi- .1\ 



Fructijicatio ;fasmi7iea terminalis ; Pec?/ce//ttssesquilineans, foliis 

 pericha^tialibus fere obtectus, tener, albus, succulentus, demuni 

 brunneus, coriaceus, Apophjsi coronatus, exigua, globosa, fusca, 

 capsuld angustiore; Capsula oblongo-ovata, atro-fusca, in qua- 

 tuor valvas requales, angustas, apice coha^rentes, longitudinaliter 

 fissa; Operculum valvarum apicibus adnatum, conicum, minu- 

 tum, fuscum : Mascula gemmiformis, ramorura hrevium latera- 

 voL. X. 3 E lium 



