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HOOKEEIB^. 



Pig. 8. Chaeacteeistics of Oedee. 



Stems procumbent, or nearly erect, branched, comjolanate. Capsule (a) ellipti- 

 cal or ovate, horizontal, succulent, seta succulent, lid rostrate, calyptra mi triform. 

 Peristome much like Hypnum, but the outer teeth in some species marked with 

 two red ridges. Areolte (&) very large. The whole plant extremely succulent, 

 growing in wet places. 



HOOKERIA. 



Fig. 9. Hookeeia lucens. 



Shining Hookeria (a) . 

 Colour. Whitish green. 

 Stems. Procumbent, branched, complanate. 



Leaves (b) . Poundish ovate, entire, nerveless, areola very beautiful and regular. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule black and shining, seta and calyptra 



white. Spring. 

 Locality. Damp shady places. 



Fig. 10. Hookeeia l^ete-vieens. 



Deep Oreen Hooheria (a) . 

 Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Branched, complanate. 

 Leaves. Complanate, with a border, oval, acuminate, apex serrated, two-nerved. 



areolse smaller than in H. lucens. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsiile small, beak long. Winter. 

 Locality. Shady places; not common. 



DALTONIA. 



Fig. 11. Daltonia splachnoides. 



Irish Daltonia (a) . 

 Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Erect, tufted, branches fastigiate. 



