Muscer Exoric:.—AHornschuchiani. 
WEISSIA MIELICHOFERI, 
Weissia caule dense cespitoso elongato ramoso, foliis: 
anguste lanceolatis subserrulatis rigidis, nervo crasso,. 
seta elongata, c capsula erecta pyriformi, operculo co- 
nico. (Tas. CI.) 
Weissia Mielichoferiana. Funk. (fide Hornsch. in litt.); 
Has. In valle Grosarl in alpibus Salisburgensibus legit D. Prof. 
Hornschuch. 
Caules bi-trilineares ad unciales, erecti, dense cespitosi, ramosi, 
ramis brevibus, erecto-patentibus, apicibus subacutis. Folia 
undique cast oo luteo-viridia, inferiora fus- 
eese entia, lemkn alata , Tigida, VIX lat > hervo: 
valido intense rufo- Eases, ad apicem usque attingente edie: 
Perichetialia longiora, magis angusta, atque colore palli- 
diora. Seta, e ramulis brevibus, gracilis, pollicaris, erecta, 
flexuosa. Capsula flavo-fusca, erecta, vel paululum inclinata, 
oblongo-pyriformis, infra medium subcontracta et quasi apo- 
physata, ore annulato. Operculum conicum, obtusum. Pe- 
ristomium e dentibus sedecim pallide flavescentibus, distanti- 
bus, a basi latiore sensim attenuatis, transversim striatis et quasi. 
articulatis, articulis medio contractis, 
Weissia Mielichoferi, though it has truly the peristome of that 
genus, yet departs from it considerably in habit, and at the first 
aspect might rather seem to claim some affinity with the Brya, 
The leaves are peculiarly rigid, a circumstance arising from. 
the thickness of the nerve ; and the capsule is remarkably pyri- 
form, resembling greatly that of W. Templetoni, near to which. 
species it ought to take its place in the genus. 
Fig. 1, tufts of plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3.. 
leaf. Fig. 4, perichetial leaf. Fig. 5, capsule. Fig. 6, portion of 
a capsule with the teeth of the peristome. Fig. 7, operculum: 
with a portion of the annulus adhering to it.—magn. 
