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HOOKERIA SCABRISETA.
Hookeria caule suberecto, vage pinnatim ramoso, compresso,
foliis undique imbricatis late ovatis subacumi-
nulatis binervibus, seta scabra. ( T a b . LII.)
H a b . Crepidines juxta Caripe, locis scopulosis, temperatis, irri-
guis, altitudine 480 hexapod. Humholdt et Bonpland.
Caulis erectiusculus, vage pinnatim ramosus. Rami compressi.
■ Folia undique imbricata, subdisticha, late ovata, planiuscula,
acuminulo perbrevi terminata, sub summo lente vix serrulata,
nervis duobus ante apicem evanescente instructa. Sulstantia
compacta e punctis minutissimis. Seta pilis brevibus, crassi-
usculis, rigidis, horizontalibus scabra vel potius hispida. Cap-
sulce matur* desunt. Calyptra albida, elongato-cainpanulata
vel mitriformis e basi ad medium in lacinias numerosas augustas
fissa, superne corpusculis claviformibus horizontalibus instructa.
Of the genus of this plant, although I am not so fortunate as
to possess ripe capsules, there can be no doubt; since in its habit,
as well as in the leaves and calyptra, it has so great a conformity
vvith the Hookerice. Nor can I be at a loss for a specific
character, the calyptra being cleft into a number of long
and narrow segments, as in some Orthotricha from the same
country, and the fruitstalk being in a most remarkable degree
hispid; in this respect resembling the Neckera scabriseta of
Schwaegrichen.
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, branch. Fig. 3, leaves; Fig. 4,
point of ditto. Fig. 5, fruitstalk and immature capsule. Fig. 6,
calyptra.—magn.
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