666 (66) MUSCI. (MOSSES.) 
rooting copiously from the under ee Agee dark-green, somewhat close, 
soviet at the apex; costa extending more than half-way ; Se cylindri- 
cal; ‘ciliole of the inner ee long ; ‘Gua conic, shortly rostrate. — 
On the roots of trees, San Antonio, Texas, Wright: also Santa Fé, New Mex- 
ico, Fendler. (Tab. V.) 
Trier XXXII. HOOKERIES. 
78. HOOKERIA, Smith. (Tab. V.) 
Calyptra conic-mitriform, shortly a om sg Shes ores um. conic-rostrate. 
Capsule oval, horizontal, pedicellate ; the exterior 16 linear- 
late and closely articulated sieth ; the interior 16 carinate lanceolate-subu- 
late cilia, arising from a broad plicate membrane. Inflorescence moncecious 
Large and handsome species, with an siete paren ramification, broad aca 
flat stems and branches, and complanate shining siettbeaibeldas Teavil, of a 
Hookeria lucens, with ecostate and obtuse leaves, which has not been detected 
on this continent, except in Oregon.) 
1. H. acutifolia, Hook.? Grows on the ground, beneath dripping 
fruit,) agree well with H. acutifolia, Hook., an East-Indian gates which appeai 
to differ from H. lucens, Smith, only in its acute leaves. 
Trine XXXIV. CLIMACIES. 
79. CLIMACKIUM, Web.& Mohr. (Tab. V.) 
ka dimidiate, somewhat twisted, long, embracing the top of the pedicel. 
culum conic-rostellate. Capsule aaa or cylindrical, erect, long-ped- 
‘eae: Peristome double; the exterior 16 linear-lanceolate, closely articul 
teeth ; the interior 16 linear-lanceolate, porte lacunose cilia, connected at the 
base by a very narrow membrane. Columella emergent. Inflorescence dice- 
cious. — Large and striking Mosses, of a tree-like aspect. — (Name from KAiud- 
ko, a little ladder, from the appearance of the cilia of the inner peristome.) 
1. C. Americanum, Brid. Main stems rhizoma-like, subterrancous ; 
— — = high), a — furnished with small and 
branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
auriculate at the base, concave, plicate, costate nearly to the apex, serrate above, 
with a minute elliptical areolation ; capsule cylindrical. — On the ground, or on 
very much decayed logs, in moist shady woods. (Tab. V.) (Eu.) 
€. pENDROIpES, Web. & Mohr., (common in Europe,) with a shorter and 
oval- oon ii obtuse branchlets, and leaves not dilated at the base, occurs 
in Brit rica, Drummond; and probably on the White Mountains, New 
ces. 
Hampshir 
