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74 MUSCI-PLEUROCARPI-PER1STOMI. [Hookeria.
Fasc. 2. p. 1. FL Brit. p. 1337. E. Bot. t. 2432. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 307. Muse. Brit, ed. 2. p. 142. *. 22.—
Bill. Muse. t. 33. /. 5.
Alpine rivulets, in Scotland. Mr. Dickson. Fr. ?—I am not
aware that any one, except Mr. Dickson, has seen this plant growing in
Britain"; nor do I know in what particular part of Scotland he gathered
it. Dillenius' specimens were from Pennsylvania : and beautiful indi-
viduals were gathered by Mr. Drummond in North America, during Capt.
Franklin's 2d. Journey, and published by him in his valuable Musci
Americani, v. 2. n. 234.
38. Hookeria. Sin. Hookeria.
Seta lateral. Peristome double : the outer of 16 teeth ; the
inner of 16 cilia united below into a membrane, (which in H.
splachnoides is exceedingly short). Calyptra mitriform. (Muse.
Brit. t. 3.)—Named, by Sir J. E. Smith, in compliment to the
author of the present work.
1. H.lucens, Sm. (shining Hookeria}; leaves bifarious broadly
ovate entire obtuse nerveless. Sm. in Linn. Trans, v. 9. p. 296.
E. Bot. t. 1902. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 63. Brum. Muse.
Scot. v. 2. n. 61. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 149. t. 27.
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Hypnum
lucens, Linn.—Hediv. Sp. Muse. p. 243. Turn. Muse. Hib.
p. 155. FL Brit. p. 1295. Leskea lucens, Be Cand Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 164. t. 84. Pterigophyllum lucens, Brid.
Moist banks, in woods and among rocks. Fr. Feb. Stems procumbent,
2—4 inches long, slightly branched, plane. Leaves arranged on
four sides, but bifarious in their direction, quite plane, succulent, pellucid,
reticulated, with the meshes large, the margin not thickened; nerve none.
From the points of the leaves, roots are often emitted. Seta an inch
long, curved at the summit. Capsule ovate, horizontal, reticulated, lid
conico-rostrate. Calyptra thin, whitish, faintly reticulated, mitriform,
jagged at the base.
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2. H. Icete-virens, Hook, and Taylor, (deep green Hookeria);
leaves bifarious ovate acuminulate margined very obscurely serrated
at the extremity with 2 nerves reaching nearly the whole
length. Muse. Brit. ed. \. p. 89. ed. 2. p. 150. t. 27. Hook, and
Grev. in Edin. Journ. of Sc. v. 2. p. 230. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 2.
P. II. t. 163.
Duncombe's wood, near Cork, Mr. J. Drummond; in dark holes
there by the sides of three rivulets which empty themselves into a watering
place for horses near the road, Wils. O' Sullivan's cascade and Turk
waterfall, Killarney, plentiful and in fr., W. H. Harvey, Esq. Fr. Nov.
Dec.—Much smaller than the last in every part and readily recognised
by that circumstance, as well as by the deep green colour of the
leaves, their smaller reticulations and the 2 long nerves.
3. H. splachtwides, (small upright Hookeria); leaves imbricated
on all sides erect oblongo-lanceolate, nerve reaching nearly
to the point, calyptra fimbriated at the base. Baltonia splach-
noides, Muse. Brit. ed. 1. p. 90. ed. 2. p. 139. t. 22.
Secawn mountain, near Dublin, (a station since destroyed) ; Dr.
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