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Weissia.} MUSCI-ACROCARPI-PERISTOMI. 19
the points of the same colour, capsule cylindrical sulcated,
calyptra ciliated at the margin, cilia deciduous. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. p. 56. t. 16. Grev. Scot. Cr. Fl. t. 163. Muse. Brit,
ed. 2. p. 64. Stqipl. t. 2. E. ciliata, y. rhaptocarpa, Muse. Brit,
ed. I. p. 36.
Alpine mountains. Ben Bulben, Ireland, ./. T. Mackay, Esq. Scotland,
especially in the Breadalbane mountains. Fr. Summer.— Here the
capsule is sulcated, and besides, the teeth, or cilia of the calyptra, seem
to be the torn or lacerated margin of the calyptra itself, more thin and
membranous than the rest, and hence more easily broken oft'; so that
the fringe often appears wanting, and is generally so figured.
14. IVei'ssia. Hedw. Weissia.
Seta terminal. Peristome single, of 16, nearly erect, entire,
equidistant teeth. Apophysis none. Calyptra dimidiate. (Muse.
Brit. t. 2.)—Named in compliment to Frederic William Weis,
author of a Cryptogamic Flora of Gbttinyen.—From this Genus,
as it stood in the Muse. Brit., I have removed W. splachnoides,
to Cyrtodon; and W. Templetoni, to Entosthodon.
* Capsule drooping, gibbous.
1. W. nuda, Hook, and Taylor, (naked Weissia); stem*
scarcely any, leaves ovato-lanceolate nerveless, capsule ovate
cernuous gibbous on one side. Muse. Brit, ed. 1. p. 43. ed. 2,
p. 77. t. 14. Hobs. Brit. Mosses, v. 1. n. 28.— Conscinodon
?uidus, Brid.— Grimmia nuda, Fl. Brit. p. 1197. E.Bot. 1421.
Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 25 Bryum nudum, Dicks, Cr. Fasc. 4.
t. 10./. 15.
On clayey soil in the north of England and Scotland, but rare. Fr.
March.— This is a plant of a peculiar habit, of a reddish colour, and
minute size. The annulus is large at the mouth of the capsule; the
teeth are broad at the base, and there cleft in the centre half-way up.
Mr', Cfi/ry discovered it near Manchester, and Mr, Don by the SHU
of the Tay, near Perth.
'2. \Y . nigritaj Hedw. (black-fruited Weissia); steni^ elongated,
leaves lanceolate aeuniinated nerved, capsule obovato
arcuato-cernnous gibbons furrowed, lid hemispherical obtusely
pointed Hedw. St. Cr. r. A. t. :;!». Drum, Mute, Scot, v. I.
;/. l'7. Muse lint, i (I. I. p. 78. f. 14 Grimmia nigrita, Fl. Brit,
p.
I I!'.'). J]. J lot. t. 1825 Bryum ///grit urn. Dicks.— Catosco-
/>/>/,//. Brid,
Moist bunks in mountainous districts. Plentiful on Ben-y*gloe, aeac
Blair in Athol. Fr, Aug.— This plant baa a capsule >till more drooping
than the preceding. In all the following BpecieS, the Capsules art.' nearly
era t.
** Capsule i
rut, or cernuousfrom the curvaturx cf tin >