890 Mr. Hooxer’s Observations on Andrea. 
lium ad apices terminalis; Anthere 3—5 subpedicellate ovato- 
cylindracez, pallidé fusce; Fila succulenta antheris plus duplo 
longiora, numerosa, flavescentia, filiformia, sursum versus parüm 
incrassata, articulata, articulis longitudine diametrum subz- 
quantibus. 
Var. @ major quam g, triuncialis et ultra, foliis laxiùs imbri- 
catis magisque flavescentibus; caulibus simpliciusculis, filifor- 
mibus, tenuibus, flexuosis. | 
Var. y caules habet densissimé pulvinatim compactos, ramis 
strictis, equalibus, insigniter fastigiatis; foliis arct® imbricatis, 
patentibus, quibus ab antecedentibus duabus varietatibus preeci- 
pue differt :—foliorum color atro-ruber. 
At first sight this Andrea may be distinguished from its con- 
geners by its more robust appearance, and by the more striking 
character of its leaves being imbricated on all sides of the stem, 
and never in the least secund. The var. 8 is remarkable for its 
large size, as wellas its paler colour and more distinct leaves. 
y might without a careful examination of the leaves be almost 
taken for a distinct species, and differs from « and ß in having 
the stems as well as branches peculiarly straight and erect, the 
latter of so equal an height that they form compact tufts, of 
which the surface is as even as if cut with an instrument. | 
Although Andrea alpina has been given as a native of several 
parts of the North of England and Wales, yet I am inclined to. 
think it may be numbered among our Musci rariores, and that ` 
A. rupestris has been often mistaken for it. Thus much I can 
say, that most of the specimens under the name of A. alpina, 
from the last-mentioned places, that I have had an. opportunity 
of seeing, have proved to be A. rupestris; and on Ingleborough, 
where it is said to have been gathered, Mr. Dalton and myself 
were only able to find rupestris and Rothii. In Scotland, indeed, 
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