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green or black, not yellow, with stems 5-10 mm. long, leaves 3-4 
mm. long, shorter and less circinate when dry, and less papillose 
on the back of the vein (not more) than phyl/antha, with the upper 
cells less distinct and the apex less acuminate. The seta is only 
2 mm. long, the neck twisted, not tapering, whereas in U. phyl- 
lantha the seta is 5 mm. long including the long tapering neck. 
They are curved in both, perhaps more so in phyllantha. The 
Capsules are shorter and more ovoid in maritima, but they are 
mature and full of spores, whereas those of phyllantha are old, 
empty and elongated. 
The peristome is reflexed in both, with the cilia erect, but the 
teeth are longer in phyHantha, they are finely granulose and strio- 
late in both, trabeculate at apex in maritima, and the cilia are long, 
Carinate, of two rows of cells. The calyptra is brown at apex with 
long straight hairs. 
On the whole, they seem to be distinct enough to separate ; if 
we maintain crispa and crispula as distinct species, then these are. 
But the differences in color and size are not constant, for short 
dark plants have been collected on trees, though we have not seen 
any tall yellow ones from rocks. 
In Jaeger’s herbarium there are several specimens from Fries- 
land which resemble U. maritima very closely, but they are sterile 
Those collected in N orway ‘by Lorentz also are small and dark, 
and grew on rocks. 
One of the synonyms given by Braithwaite for U. phyllantha 
May antedate U. maritima Kindb. He cites Gymnostomum viri- 
dissimum Davies, from Wales but without habitat. 
Weissia uLopuyiia Ehrh. Beitr. 1: 191 (1787). 
Ulota connectens Kindb. - Macoun, Cat. Can. Pl. 6, 85 (1892). : 
Ulota camptopoda Kindb.; Macoun, Cat. 75 (1892), fide Ma-_ 
coun.* 
It will be noted that the description in the catalogue of U. con- 
“ectens is mainly of the leaves, and all it says of the capsules is 
Beirne Oa 
_ *In a letter dated January 3, 1894, Professor Macoun states that Sigrid | 
coe Ulota camptopoda and connectens, and I believe makes them ap soe 
elecrmayt eG ay Ome 
