Musct Exoricit.—Menziesiani. 
HOOKERIA QUADRIFARIA. 
Hookeria caule erecto subramoso, foliis quadrifariis re- 
ticulatis medio uninervibus, lateralibus distichis hori- 
zontalibus verticalibus obovatis, intermediis subrotun- 
datis erectis appressis, capsula subcylindracea pen- 
dula. (Tas. CIX. 
Hookeria quadrifaria. Smith in Linn. Trans. v. 9. 
p- 277. t. 23 
_ Has. In sinu Dusky bay apud Novam Zeelandiam. D. Men- 
zies, 1791. 
Caules digitales, erecti, flexuosi, simplices vel subramosi, basi ra- 
dicibus tomentosis fuscis obsiti. Fo/ta fusco-viridia, quadrifa- 
riam inserta, laxe imbricata; /ateralia majora, disticha, verti- 
calia, horizontaliter patentia, obovata ; intermedia utrinque 
adpressa, lateralibus duplo minora, erecta, obovatosrotundata ; 
omnia integerrima, succulenta, reticulata, areolis rotundatis, 
uninervia, nervo rubro, medio evanescente, sepe bifurce. Seta 
uncialis, rufo-fusca, levis. Capsula cylindracea, pendula, in- 
tense fusca, scabra, basi precipue. Perist. ext. e dentibus 16 
rufo-flavis, trinaverila striatis, medio linea longitudinali pel- 
lucida: int.” e membrana flava reticulata apice in laciniis 16 
brevibus subulatis integerrimis divisa, 
Few, I believe, would hesitate in pronouncing this plant to be- 
long to the same genus as Hookeria lucens ; yet I cannot but re- 
gret that, like Sir James Smith, I have never had the opportunity 
of examining the calyptra, and am therefore obliged to form my 
decision upon the habit of the species alone. It is remarkable 
for the quadrifarious disposition of the leaves, and for the inter- 
mediate ones being both smaller and rounder than the lateral 
ones to such a degree, that they might be mistaken for stipules, 
were it not that these appendages are, as well in Mosses as Jun- 
germannia, confined to one side of the plant. 
Fig. 1, 1, plants, mat, size. Fig. 2, lateral and intermediate 
leaf. Fig. 3, lateral ditto. Fig. 4, capsule. Fig. 5, teeth of 
ext. peristome. Fig. 6, portion of inner ditto.—magn. 
