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HOOKERIA QUADRIFARIA.
Hooheria caule erecto subramoso, foliis quadrifariis reticulatis
medio uninervibus, lateralibus distichis hori-
zontalibus verticalibus obovatis, intermediis subrotim-
datis erectis appressis, capsula subcylindracea pendula.
(Tab. CIX.)
Hookeria quadrifaria. Smith in Linn. Trans, v. 9.
p. m . t. 23. f. 1.
H ab. In siim Dusky bay apud Novara Zeelandiam. D . Men zies,
1/91.
Caules digitales, erecti, flexuosi, simplices vel subramosi, basi ra-
dicibus tomentosis fuscis obsiti. Folia fusco-viridia, quadrifa-
riam inserta, laxe imbricata ; lateralia majora, disticha, verti-
calia, horizontaliter patentia, obovata ; intermedia utrinque
adpressa, lateralibus duplo minora, erecta, obovato-rotundata;
omnia integerrima, succulenta, reticulata, areolis rotundatis,
uninèrvia, nervo rubro, medio evanescente, sæpe bifurco. Sela
uncialis, rufo-fusca, lævis. Capsula cylindracea, pendula, intense
fusca, scabra, basi præcipue. Perist. ext. e dentibus 16
rufo-flavis, transversim striatis, medio linea longitudinali pellucida
: int. e membrana flava reticulata apice in laciniis 16
brevibus subulatis integerrimis divisa.
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Few, I believe, would hesitate in pronouncing this plant to belong
to the same genus as Hookeria lucens ; yet I cannot but regret
that, like Sir James Smith, I have never had the opportunity
of examining the calyptra, and am therefore obliged to form my
decision upon the habit of the species alone. It is remarkable
for the quadrifarious disposition of the leaves, and for the intermediate
ones being both smaller and rounder than the lateral
ones to such a degree, that they might be mistaken for stipules,
were it not that these appendages are, as well in Mosses as Jun-
germanniae, confined to one side of the phant.
Fig. I, 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, lateral and intermediate
leaf. Fig. 3, lateral ditto. Fig. 4, capsule. Fig. 5, teeth of
ext. peristome. Fig. 6, portion of inner ditto.—magn.
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