EXPLANATION OF TEE PLATES. 



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HOOKEEIEiE. 



Fig. 8. Characteristics of Order. 



Stems procumbent, or nearly erect, branched, complanate. Capsule («) ellipti- 

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

 Peristome much like Eypnum, but the outer teeth in some sjjecies marked with 

 two red ridges. Areolae (b) very large. The whole plant extremely succulent, 

 growing in wet j)laces. 



HOOKEEIA. 



Fig. 9. Hookeria lucens. 

 Shining Hookeria {a) . 



Colour. Whitish green. 



Stems. Procumbent, branched, complanate. 



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

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule black and shining-, seta and calypti*a 



white. Spring. 

 Locality. Damp shady places. 



Fig. 10. Hookeria l^te-virens. 



Deep Green Hookeria (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Sterns. Branched, complanate. 



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



areola? smaller than in E. lucens. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule 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. 



