18 LESKEA, 
heeteonta: operculo subulato, calyptra basi 6- vel 8-fida, (Tas. 
LIV.) 
Has. In convelliligs Andium Granatensium inter ee et Pasta, 
altitudine 1200—1500 hexapod. Humboldt e 
Gen. XXXI, LESKEA. 
Seta lateralis. Peristomium duplex: ext, e dentibus 16: int, 
membrana 16-laciniata, ciliis nullis. Calyptra dimidiata. 
* Capsulis magis minusve erectis, 
_T sulcatis. 
1. L. sulcata; caule erecto superne ramoso, ramis pinnatis, foliis 
undique imbricatis erectis appressis ovato-cordatis acutis striatis, 
n ti 
— rostrato. (Tas. CLXIV. 
Has. Portus Jackson, in Now: Hollandia. D. R. Brown. 
yee = sas caule elongato ramoso terete, a arcte imbricatis 
erectis ovatis subacuminatis striatis enervibus inte is, apice 
recurvo, seta brevi, capsula oblonga erecta sake, operculo subu- 
lato. (Tas. XXVIIL.) 
Han. in sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D. Menzies, 1791. 
3. L. sciuroides; ue decumbente, Tams 5 compressis curvatis, foliis 
undique inse ovato-acuminati is ener 
vibus, seta Brevinecult ore eetace erecta sulcata, (Tas: 
CLXXV. 
Han. In insula Van Diemen. D. R. Brown. 
tt Capsulis levibus. 
. L. concinna; caule erecto bipinnato inferne nudo, foliis bifariis 
seibealiou siplixgue oblongis brevi-acuminatis marginatis apice ° 
serratis, nervo attingente, seta brevi, capsula erecta, operculo 
-) 
Has. In sinu Dusky B erate in Nova oi eon D. Menzies, 
1791. In insula les Diem D.R. Bro 
5. L. maritima; caule erecto scapes, folits undique imbricatis 
arcte appressis late ovatis acuminulatis concavis enervib 
rimis, seta elongata, capsula “oplindteces erectiuscula. 
paige 1.) 
Leskea maritima. Burchell’s MSS, 
Has. Recreate s, in fruticetis arenosis in littore Sinus Plettenbergii, 
in territ, C. Bone Spei.- D. Burchell. 
. L. Bonplandii; caule procumbente; ramis erectis, foliis secundis 
" deltoideo-acuminatis striatis apice serrulatis, n 
evanescente, capsula oblonga erecta, operculo subulato. (Tas. 
LV. sub nomine Hookerie leske 
Has. In sylvis Cinchone prope Lox xam, — temperata, altitudine 
1080 hexapod. Humboldt et aenpla 
I am now satisfied that I was wrong in see this plant in the genus 
Hookeria. In habit it has nothing, to do with it; i what I took for 
