Musci, by W. Wilson.) FLORA OF TASMANIA. 219 
gracili, capsula arcuata sulcata, operculo brevirostri, calyptra subulata dimidiata parce pilosa, peristomii 
dentibus dorso scabris, fl. masc. nidulantibus.—R. tomentosum, C. Mueller, Bot. Zeit. 1851, p. 563? fid. 
Mitten. 
Has. St. Patrick’s River. (Gunn, 1654.) Huon River, on the ground. (Oldfield, 53.) Kangaroo 
Bottom, J. D. H. Kermandie Rivulet, South Huon, on logs, stumps, etc. Woodburn, near Richmond, 
damp ground. Cheshunt, Archer. . 
DisrarB. New Zealand. 
Tribe XXVII. HooKERIACER. 
Gen. LXIII. HOOKERIA, Smith. 
Peristomium duplex; erternum, dentes 16, lanceolato-subulati, acuminati, incurvi, intus trabeculati, 
dorso costis prominentibus plus minus distantibus biliratis; internum, membrana plicata in processus 16 
carinatos, raro ciliis interpositis, fissa. Calyptra mitreformis. Capsula cernua, ovata, longius peduncu- 
lata.—Caulis repens, vel prostratus, vage ramosus. Rami plerumque compressi. Folia imbricata vel com- 
planata, lateralia obliguata, areolis majusculis, rhomboideis vel hexagonis. 
$ 1. Savtoma.—Calyptra nuda, basi inflexa, integerrima, demum lacera, nec fimbriata. Peristomii externi dentes 
dorso remotius lirati, interni processus carinati, ciliis nullis. Folia imbricata, subsecunda (haud compressa), 
immarginata, laxe rhomboideo-areolata. 
1. Hookeria tenella (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. p. 122. t. 92. f. 8); dioica, caule humili 
vage ramoso, foliis confertis imbricatis suberectis secundis oblongo-ovatis acutiusculis margine reflexis 
enerviis laxe reticulatis pellucidis siccitate plicato-striatis, capsula subcernua ovata parva, operculo rostrato, 
calyptra nuda mitreeformi. 
Has. St. Patrick’s River. (Gunn.) Dead wood, dark shady places by the Kermandie Rivulet, South 
Huon. (Oldfield, 97.) Near springs: Mount Wellington. (J. D. H.) On logs: Cheshunt, and on rocks, 
Jackey’s Plain Creek, near Cheshunt, Archer. 
Disrris. New Zealand. 
$ 2. MNIADELPHUS, C. Mueller.—Calypíra conico-mitraformis, basi fimbriata. — Peristomii interni cilia 
nulla. Folia plerumque marginata, uninervia, nervo evanido. 
* Foliis marginatis. 
2. Hookeria apiculata (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. Antarct. t. 155. f. 6); dioica, foliis subrotundo- 
spathulatis apiculatis marginatis enerviis, seta scabriuscula, capsula cernua, calyptra pilosa basi fimbriata. 
Has. Circular Head. (Gunn, 1689.) 
DisrarB. New Zealand, Fuegia. 
3. Hookeria amblyophylla (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. p. 123. t. 93. f. 3); dioica, ramis 
tumidiusculis compressis, foliis confertis distiche imbricatis erecto-patentibus siccitate appressis obovatis 
obtusissimis marginatis integerrimis evanidinervüs, margine recurvis, perichetialibus obtusis, calyptra 
fimbriata. 
Has. Tasmania. (Gunn, 1612 b.) 
Distris. New Zealand. 
4. Hookeria sinuosa (Hook. fil. et Wils.) ; dioica, ramis compressis, foliis obovatis obtusis mar- 
ginatis evanidinerviis margine planis siccitate undulato-crispatis. (Tas. CLXX VIL Fig. 3.) 
