HOOKE R I A lucens.
Shining Hookeria.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
G en. Char. Caps, ovate, reticulated and dotted, from
a lateral scaly sheath. Outer fringe of 16 teeth :
inner membranous, with 16 teeth. Ceil reticulated,
cellular, undivided.
Spec. Char. Leaves in three rows, elliptical, uniform,
entire, without ribs.
Syn. Hookeria lucens. Sm. MSS. apud Soc. Linn.
Hypnum lucens. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1589. Sm. FI.
Brit. 1295. Hediv. Fund. v. 1. 13. 1. \ . f . 4 6.
Sp. Muse. 243. Huds. 495. With. 845. Hull.
268. Light/. 743. Turn. Muse. Hib. 155. Dicks.
H.Sicc.fasc. 2 .2 2 .
H. pennatum aquaticum lucens, longis latisque foliis.
Dill. Muse. 270. t. 34. f . 10.
H. repens filicifolium ramosum, foliolis majoribus ma-
gisque crebris. Dill, in liaii Syn. 88.
G a t h e r e d o n H o lt h e a th , N o rfo lk , lad en w ith c ap su le s,
in Feb ru a ry 1803, by M r . W . J a c k so n H o o k e r, F .L .S . th e
d iscovere r o f Buxbaumia aphylla, to w h om I am h ap p y to d e d
ic a te th is new g e n u s ; m o re e specially a s th e re ticu la ted h a b it,
fo r w h ic h it is co n sp icu o u s, so n e a rly agrees w ith th e Junger-
mannice, a trib e c o n c e rn in g w h ic h M r . H o o k e r is p re p a rin g a
ve ry e lab o rate a n d sc ientific w o rk .
I h ave lo n g ago h in te d , FI. Brit. 1295, th a t th is m o ss
m ig h t c o n s titu te a n ew g e n u s, sinc e w h ic h th e o b se rv atio n s
o f M . L ab illa rd ie re prove Anictangium bulbosum o f H e dw ig
to b e lo n g to th e sam e , an d I am in d eb ted to M r . M e n z ie s
fo r 6 m o re sp e c ie s, all ag re e in g in th e ir re ticu la ted c ap su le s,
w h ic h I find th e m o st e ssen tia l g en eric m a rk , an d m o re o r
less closely in h a b it an d th e o th e r c h a ra c te rs above g iven.
Hookeria lucens g rows in w e t shady plac es, m o s t freq u e n tly
in th e n o rth e rn c o u n tie s. T h e stem s fo rm tu fts am o n g gra ss,
c re e p in g , p a rtly a sc en d in g . L eav es g en e ra lly in 3 ra n k s ,
v e rtic a l, sp re ad in g in 2 row s, e llip tic a l, e n tire , p a le , p e llu c id ,
ju ic y , m o s t b e au tifu lly re ticu la te d , b u t w ith o u t rib o r ve ins.
S h e a th s so lita ry o r in p a irs , o f o v a te , p o in te d leaves. S ta lk s
red . C a p su le som ew h a t d ro o p in g , o v a te , b row n , sh in in g ,
all ove r re tic u la te d , as well as its co n ic a l lid , th e m a rg in o f
w h ic h is frin g ed w ith a c h a in -lik e rin g . V e il c o n ic a l, tig h t,
u n d iv id e d , c re n a te , w h itis h , all o v e r re tic u la te d , an d very
p e cu lia r.
J u n e 2.1S0A. T u jr/i.JM /m J .t fS .