HOOKERIA. 



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4. Calyptra. 



5. Perichaetial leaf. 



6. Cauline leaf. //. Ass. 508. 



4. Hookeria secunda, Griff. PI. XCIX. Fig. II. 



Caule decumbenti, ramis ascendentibus, foliis oblong-lanceola- 

 tis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis argute dentatis mediatanu3 

 biveniis (lateralibus falcato-secundis, capsula cylindraceo- 

 ovata, pendula, peristomii interioris, ciliolis nullis. 



Hab. Mumbree in ripis. 



Rami complanati saepius ut videtur simplices. Folia laxiuscule 

 subquadrifariam imbricata, antica et postica adpressa, latera- 

 lia disticha obliqua, marginibus simplicibus basin versus in- 

 tegris, cseterm argute dentatis praedita veniis 2 sursum di- 

 vergentibus medium infra vel paullo supra evanidis ; areolis 

 angustis angulatis, parietibus crassis. 



Perichastialia acuminato-cuspidata, (cuspide patula denticulata) 

 per totam vaginulam inserta, avenia, interdum obsolete bi- 

 striata. 



Vaginula foliis perichaetialibus nuncupata cseterum nuda. 



Seta lateralis, rubra, flexuosa, unciam paullo excedens. 



Capsula sequalis vel subobliqua brunnea, inconspicue areolata. 



Peristomium exterius humore connivens, e dentibus 16, plano- 

 subulatis, creberrime trabeculatis, linea longitudinali semi- 

 pellucida notatis, opacis, rubris apicibus albidis. 



Interioris membrana breviuscula ; cilia acuta, solida, punctulata, 

 ciliola interjecta nulla. 



Sporula. non visa. 



Operculum calyptraque desiderata. 



Proxima H. falcatse, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 54. p. 17. a qua 

 prsesertim distinguitur foliis breviter acuminatis, capsula pen- 

 dula, peristomioque interiori, quod Leskioideum, 



1. Plant. 



1 a. Leaves of ditto, the oblique one is a lateral leaf. 



2. Female flowers. 



3. Some of the pistilla separated with one of the inner- 

 most perichaetial leaves. 



