Pottia.] BRYACE^. 103 



nal ; perigonial leaves four, small, oval or cordate : capsule 

 erect or slightly curved, narrowly cylindrical, annulate ; lid 

 conical - subulate. — Syn. i. 558. Gymnostomimi Jjarbula^ 

 Schwaegr. Suppl. ii. 77, t. 175. ILjophila Jjarbula, Hampe, 

 Bot. Zeit. iv. 267. 

 IIab. Limestone rocks, Key West (Garher); a Cuban species. 



* * Capsule with a distinct peristome. 



8. P. Starkeana, Muell. Plants minute, subcespitose. 

 annual, simple : leaves tufted, oblong-lanceolate, concave, re- 

 flexed on the borders, papillose in the upper part, shortly 

 mucronate by the excurrent costa : flowers monoecious ; anther- 

 idia without paraphyses in the axils of comal leaves : capsule 

 very small, oval-oblong, chestnut-color, glossy : lid short, coni- 

 cal, obtuse ; teeth plane, truncate or obtuse, with three or four 

 articulations, entire or perforated here and there, pale yellow, 

 papillose ; annulus sim2:)le, persistent. — Syn. i. 547. JVeisia 

 ^Stcif/ceana, Hedw. Muse. Frond, iii. 83, t. 34. Anacalyp>ta 

 Starkeana, Fuern. 1. c. 25 ; Nees & Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. ii. 

 139, t. 36 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 125. 



Hab. On the ground, Mission Dolores, California {Bolander); Utah 

 [Watson). 



Tlie leaves, cuspidate by the excurrent costa, and tlie presence of an 

 annukis and peristome separate this species from P. ndnutula, which it 

 mucli resembles. 



9. P. latifolia, Muell. Plants short, bulbiform, branching 

 from the base, gregarious or loosely tufted, whitish green : 

 leaves imbricate in buds, the lower rounded, the upper round- 

 spatulate, nearly emarginate and abruptly apiculate ; costa 

 vanishing below the apex ; perichstial leaves narrower, obtuse, 

 all very concave, nearly diaphanous ; upper areolation short, 

 oval, slightly chlorophyllose, the lower more enlarged, hexag- 

 onal-rectangular : male flowers in separate buds near the base 

 of the fertile plants: capsule oval-oblong, erect, rarely sub- 

 cernuous ; Ud rostellate, oblique ; teeth lanceolate, irregularly 

 bifid above the middle, enlarged and united at base by a narrow 

 membrane, yellow, minutely papillose ; annulus narrow, per- 

 sistent. — Syn. i. 549. Weisia latifolia^ Schwaegr. Suppl. i. 64, 

 t. 18. Ayiacahjpta latifolia, Fuern. 1. c. ; Nees & Hornsch. 

 Bryol. Germ. ii. 135, t. 36; Bryol. Eur. t. 128. P. piliferu, 

 var. miitica, Lindb. 



