143 



Hab. In Andibus Chilensibusj una cum C salicifolla. 



The leaves of this, in shape, nearly resemble those of the 

 preceding species ; but they are scarcely glandular. The fruit, 

 too, is very different, being not only extremely sharp at the 

 angles, but there is scarcely any sinus between the angles, 

 where the cocci join, as in all the other species; so that a 

 section of this would describe an equilateral triangle with 

 straight sides : whereas, a section of the others would rather 

 represent 3 lobes, more or less acute* 



[TAB. XLL] 



GYMNOSTOMUM WILSONI 



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Gymnostomum Wilsoni; foliis oblongo - obovatis obtiisis 

 cum mucrone minutissime reticulatis opacis integerrimis 

 niarglne tenuissimo recurvo, capsula oblongo-elliptica 

 ore paululum contracto, operculo oblique rostrato, calyp- 

 ti-a superne scabra. (Tab. XLL) 



Gymnostomum affine. Wilson MSS. 



Hab. In Anglia ad terram, prope " Over," in comitatu 

 Cheshire. D. Gul Wilson. In arvis apud Forfar, ScotifP. 

 I^rujnmond. Fruct. fert. Jan. 



Pla7itai csespitose crescunt. Radix toraentosa. Caulis ple- 

 I'umque simplex, erectus vel inclinatus, fere ad basin foli- 

 osus. Folia oblonga-obovata, magis minusve carinata, 

 integerrima, margine tenui recurvo, obtusa, minutissime 

 reticulata, opaca, glauco-viridia, inferne attenuata, laxe 

 reticulata, pellucida ; nervo ultra apicem in mucrone lon- 

 giusculo exserto; superiora majora. Seta breviuscula, 

 I'ufa. Capsula oblongo-elliptica, rufo-fusca, basi obscure 

 apophysata, ore subcontracto. Calyptra dlraidiata, fere 

 recta, superne papilloso-scabra. Operculum e lata basi 

 rostratum, rostro tenui, capsula tripio breviore, obliquo. 



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