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FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Mtisci. 



H. lucens, the type of the Smithian genus. In this work it is thought best to retain the genus as above defined, 

 merely noting the modem genera as sections. 



§ 1. Satjloma, Hook. fil. et Wils. — Calyptra nuda, basi inflexa, integerrima, demum lacera, laud fimbriata. 

 Pen&tomii externi denies dorso remotius Urati, interni processus carinati, ciliis nullis. Folia imbricata, 

 subsecunda (hand compressa), immarginata, laxe rhomboideo-areolata. — (Name from travkos, soft) 



This group differs from Actinodontium, Schwsegr. (Suppl. pt. 2. v. 2. p. 75. t. 174), and from some (probably 

 all) of the species of Zepidopilum, Bridel, in the structure of the teeth ; in those, the outer lamina is fiat and broad, 

 the inner one narrow and prominent, presenting, in section, a semicylindrical central rib. 



1. Hookeria tenella, Hook. fil. et Wils.; dioica, caule Immili vage ramoso, foliis confertis imbricatis 

 secundis oblongo-ovatis acutiusculis margine reflexis enerviis laxe reticularis pellucidis siccitate plicato- 

 striatis, capsula subcernua ovata parva, operculo rostellato, calyptra nuda mitraBformi. (Tab. XCII. Fig. 8.) 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands : Banks' Peninsula, Lyall. 



A Tasmanian Moss. — Stem and branches \ inch long. Leaves very pale green, almost white (fulvous in the 

 Tasmanian specimens) glossy, more or less plicate, narrowly ovate. Perichatial leaves small, ovate-lanceolate, erect. 

 Seta i inch long, reddish. Capsule yellowish-brown, cernuous, often erect, when dry contracted below the mouth. 

 Teeth yellow, or at times reddish, the dorsal ridges distant, semkrylindrical. — Plate XCII. Fig. 8 : — 1, plant, natural 

 ize ; 2, moist, and 3, dry capsules; 4, operculum; 5, calyptra; 6, 7, leaves : — all magnified. 



2. Mniadelphus, C. Miiller. — Calyptra conico-mitrafiormis, basi fimbriata iut in Daltonia). 

 term cilia nulla. Folia plerumque marginata, urdnervia, ner 



Peristoma in- 



* Foliis marginatis. 



2. Hookeria apiculata, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioica, foliis subrotundo-spathulatis apiculatis marginatis 

 enerviis, seta scabriuscula, capsula cernua, calyptra pilosa basi fimbriata. — M. Antarct.pt. 2. t. 155./. 6. 



Var. /3 ; foliis hyalinis serrato-dentatis siccitate crispulis, areolis majoribus. 

 Hab. Northern Island, Colenso ; a single stem only, barren, amongst Bacopilum. 

 Also found in Tasmania, and Hermite Island near Cape Horn. 



3. Hookeria rolundifolia, Hook. fil. et Wils.; dioica, ramis subcompressis gracilibus rabellis, foliis 

 laxe patentibus siccitate crispulis ovato-rotundatis apiculatis marginatis denticulatis seminerviis (areolis 

 majusculis hexagonis), seta gracili, capsula horizontali, operculo longius rostrato, calyptra basi fimbriata 

 apice subpilosa. — Hook. fil. et Wils. in Lond. Joum. Bot. 1844, p. 551. (Tab. XCIII. Fig. 1.) 



Hab. Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso : Bay of Islands, on stumps of trees, /. D. H. Port 

 Nicholson and Milford Sound, Lyall. Auckland, Knight. 



Smaller than H. Dicksoni, Hook., to which it is closely allied, but from which it differs in the roundish den- 

 ticulate leaves, more shortly apiculate. Seta i inch. long. Perichatial leaves margined, toothed. Teeth of peristome 

 yellow, with two rather distant subcylindrical dorsal ridges, forming the external lamina of the tooth. Inner pe- 

 ristome without cilia; processes carinate, perforated. — Plate XCIII. Fig. 1: — 1, plant, natural size; 2, capsule; 

 3, portion of stem and leaves; 4, leaf: — all magnified. 



4. Hookeria crispula, Hook. fil. et Wils. ; dioica, ramis subcompressis, foliis laxe disticheque paten- 

 tibus siccitate crispato-undulatis obovatis apiculatis marginatis integemmis seminerviis opacis (areolis 

 minimis subrotundis) inferne pellucide laxius areolatis, perichsetialibus ovato-acuminatis, seta gracili, cap- 

 sula operculo calyptraque ut in H. rotundifolia. — Hook. fil. et Wils. loc. oil. (Tab. XCIII. Fig. 2.) 



Hab. Northern Island : Bay of Islands, on clay banks, /. B. II. 



Also found in Lord Auckland's Islands (fid. Montagne). — In size not exceeding the preceding. Stem green, 



