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HOOKERIA FALCATA.
Hookeria caule procumbente, ramis erectis, foliis falcato
secundis, lanceolato-longe acuminatis, serratis,
binervibus, capsula ovata horizontali, operculo subulato,
calyptra basi 6- vel 8-fida. (Tab. LIV.)
H a b . In convallibus Audiuin Granatensiuni inter Almaguer et
Pasto, altitudine 1200— 1500 hexapod. Humholdt et Bonpland,
Caulis procumbens, r.amis brevibus, erectis, sæpe simpiicibus.
Folia undique inserta, sed insigniter falcato-secunda, lanceolata,
longe acuminata, serrata, binervia, nervis ante apicem
evanescentibus. Perîclioelialia subenervia, ovata, teuulter
acuminata, serrulata. Seia sesquiunciam longa, flexuosa.
Capsula ovata, horizontalis. Opercidiim subulatum. Calyptra
mitriformis, glabra, ad apicem solummodo scabriuscula,
basi sub-8-fida. Peristomium ut in Hypno ; dent. ext. linea
media pellucida.
At first sight this plant has much affinity with H. uncinatum;
but it is a true Hookeria, having a calyptra like that of Hookeria
pallescens {vide T a b . XXXVIIL), except that tlie divisions of it
are shorter. The leaves will reiWily distinguish this species both
from the one just mentioned, and from every other individual at
present known of the genus.
F ig . 1, p la n t K«/. 5WC. F ig . 2, leaf. F ig . 3 , p e richæ tia l leaf.
F ig . 4 , cap su le . F ig . 5 , c a ly p tra . F ig . 6 , o u te r p e ristom e . F ig . 7,
in n e r d itto .—magn.
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