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HOOKERIA PENDULA.
Hookeria caule decumbente ramoso, ramis pinnatis curvatis
compressis, foliis undique imbricatis ovatis basi
binervibus, capsula ovata nutante, opérenlo conico
rostrato, calyptra carnosa pilosa basi fimbriata,
(T a b . l u i . )
H a b . Piegione temperata in jugis Andium. Humholdt et Bonpland.
Caidìs palmaria, vage ramosus, ramis pinnatis decurvis attenuatis,
compressis. Folia undique imbricata, subdisticha, ovata,
obtusiuscula, parum concava, basi binervia ; substantia compacta,
punetulata. Perichcetialia enervia, ext. brevia, obtusa,
int. longissime attenuata, tortuosa. Seta bi-triuncialis, rubra.
Capsula ovata, pendula. Calyptra mitriformis, carnosa, albo-
flavescens, apice fusca, superficie pilis articulatis erectis corpo-
ribusque pistilliformibus obtecta, basi fimbriata. Operculum
conico-subulatum, curvatum. Perislomium Leskeæ, dentibus
ext, margine denticulatis, dorso linea media pellucida notatis;
ini. laciniis longitudinaliter perforatis.
This is one of tiie largest species wliich I am yet acquainted
with of the genus Hookeria, and cannot be mistaken for any
other. The leaves are similar to those of H. pallescens {vide
T a b . XXXVIII.) ; but the rest of the plant is totally different,
the calyptra especially, which is beset with the paraphyses (of
Hedwig) as well as the pistilliform bodies, both of which are
very numerous about the perichætium.
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of a stem. Fig. 3,
leaves. Fig. 4, perichætium and calyptra. Fig. 5, outer, and
Fig. 6, inner, perichætial leaf. Fig, 7, outer peristome. Fig. 8,
inner ditto.—magn.
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