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Weissia.} MUSCI-ACROCARPI-PERISTOMI. 21
Mountains of Clova, Scotland, in the crevices of rocks, growing with
Didymodon glaucescens, and Oxytropis campcstris ; Mr. T. Drnmmond.
Fr. August.—The leaves of this rare moss are very broad and glossy,
and so closely imbricated as to form a sort of bulb at the base of the
seta.
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*** Capsule erect, equal. Leaves linear or subulate (nerved).
8. W. striata, Hook, and Taylor, (striated Weissia); leaves
linear denticulate crisped when dry, capsule ovato-turbinate
sulcate erect, lid obliquely subulate. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 81.
/. 15. x. minor; leaves linear subulate subserrulate.
Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 81. t. 15. Drum. Muse. Scot. v.
W. striata,
1. n. 29.
Grimmia striata, Schrad. Diar. Bot. v. 2. p. 57. Fl. Brit. p.
1 185.— W.fucjax, Hedw. Sp. Muse. 1. 13.— W. Schisti, Schwaecjr.
Suppl. p. 72. t. 80. (not E. Bot.)— Grimmia Schisti, Fl. Brit,
p. 1185.
(3. major; leaves broadly linear denticulate. W. denti-
culata, Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. p. 75. t. 19.
Moist banks and crevices of rocks in alpine countries. Fr. June.
9. W. trichodes, Hook, and Taylor, (bristle-leaved Weissia);
stems scarcely any, leaves subulato- setaceous entire, capsule
ovate striated, lid rostrate. Muse. Brit. ed. 1. p. 45. ed. 2. p. 82.
t. 15. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. ». 32
Mohr, Cr. Germ.—Moug. et Nestler,
Gymnostomum trichodes,
n. 711 Anictangium tri-
chodes, Schwaegr. Suppl. v. I. p. 33. t. 12.
On granite rocks, moistened by the spray of a rivulet, near Dublin.
Sandstone rocks near Henfield, Sussex, Mr. Barter. Greenfield, near
Manchester, Mr. Hobson. Welsh mountains, rare, Mr. W. Wilson. Ben
Buy, Argyleshire, and on Ben Nevis, Rev. Colin Smith. Fr. Feb.
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There is a stout annidus present in this moss, within which and in an
early stage there exists a membranous horizontal ring, which eventually
splits into 16 short, and very obtuse teeth, becoming erect and afterwards
rcflexed over the mouth of the capsule. In habit, this minute
plant is allied to )V. pusilla and Gymnostomum Icnnc.
10. W. cirrdta, Hedw. (curl-leaved Weissia); leaves broadly
subulate crispeefwhen dry, their margins recurved, capsule ovate,
lid rostrate. Hedw. Sjp. Muse. t. Vl.f.l. Hobs. Br. Mosses,
r. 1. n. 31. Muse Brit. cd. 2. p, 82. & I .">.— Grimmia tirrata,
1 ls«). /;. But. t. l>3;> Grimmia Dicktoni, Fl. J hit.
Fl. Brit. p.
p. 1189. E. Bot. 1. 14:20.
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Milium eirralum, Linn.—Ddl. Muse,
t. 48./ 42.
On trees, thatched roofs, posts ami rails; chiefly, if not entirely, in
the middle and south of Britain, often covering old paling, ami especially
the horizontal pieces, on the upper side, with Bmall crowded cushion-
like tufts. Fr. Boring.— Nearly allied to II'. cruptda,bul distinguishable
by its shorter, wider, cariiiate leaves, with reriirw.l margins.
11. \V. tmmrbttriii Hook, and Taylor, (slender-beaked
M \ itsta >; stem- loosely tufted elongated, leaves linear-acuminate
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grooved flexuose waved and plane at the margin, nerve opaque,
capsule lubobliquely cylindrical, lid rostrate erect a- long ai the
Suppl i. 3, (not goody
capsule. Mute. Brit ed. 2. . r 88.