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DICRANACEAE.  BLINDIA. - 585 
rich. cylindraceo - convolutacea, subito acuminata, intima 
subobtusa, angustinervia, basi laxius reticulata; theca 
longius pedunculata ovalis parva, longe oblique opercu- 
lata, fusca, nitidula, imperfecte annulata; perist. d. lan- 
ceolati, dense articulati, intense purpurei, apice pallidi, 
subrugulosi. 
Weisia crispula Hdw. Sp. Musc. p. 68. t. 12. — Bryol. Europ. 
Fasc. 33—36. Weisiaceae, p. 9. t. 7. — Brid. 1. p. 346. — W. 
falcata Nees: et Hsch. Br. Germ. 1. p. 71. t. 31. f. 10. — Grim- 
mia crispula Sm. Fl. Brit, III. p. 1192. 
B. atrata , foliis brevioribus, atratis. Br. Europ. 1. c. — 
W. crispula 8. nigrescens et y. atrata Nees et Hsch. I. c. p. 67. 
t..90,.f. 15.16. 
Patria. In subalpinis et alpinis usque ad limitem 
supremam vegetationis per totam Europam et in America 
septentrionali: Drummond. No. 69. Var. |. in alpinis 
ad rupes irrigatas. — Vere. 
A BI. Antarctica notis cursive impressis longe differt. 
8. Bl. cirrhata C. Müll; monoica;. laxe pulvinata, 
subhumilis lutescens v. virescens ramosa laxifolia gracilis; 
folia caulina crispula, subreflexa , haud falcata, breviter 
lanceolato -subulata, angusta, integerrima, acuta, latiora, 
canaliculato- concava, margine e basi usgue ad apicem 
distincte" revoluta , laevia, e cellulis mollioribus, grosse 
quadratis, basi chlorophyllosis rectangularibus, alaribus 
minus distinctis laxiuscule. quadratis fuscidulis paucis re- 
tieulata, nervo canaliculato excurrente; perich, vaginan- 
tia, haud convolutacea , breviter acuminata, haud obtusa ; 
basi laxe pellucide reticulata; theca breviuscule peduncu- 
lata, subcylindracea , longiuseula, distincte annulata, 
fuscidula, longe oblique operculata; perist. d. lanceolati, 
magis regulares, rufo- purpurei. 
Weisia cirrhata Hdw. Sp. Musc. p. 69. t. 12, — Br. Europ, 
Fasc. 33— 36, Weisiaceae, p. 9. t. 6. — Brid, I, p; 343. — W, 
Dicksoni Brid. Musc. Rec, HM, 1. p, 72. — Grimmia cirrhata Sm. 
Fl. Brit. lll. p. 1189. — — Encalypta cirrhata Sw. Musc. Suec. 
p. 25. — Barbula cirrhata Brid. Musc. Rec. I. 1. p. 203. — Af- 
zelia cirrhata Ehrh. in litt. ad Hedwig. — Leersia cirrhata Willd, 
Prodr. Fl. Berol. n. 902. — Dicranum cirrhatum Timm. Prodr. 
