484 Mr. R. Spruce on the Musci and HepaticcE of the Pyrenees. 



Hab. Tj\—'2. p. occ. et c. ad rupes schistosas umbrosas^ baud in- 

 frequens. In rupiura madidarum fissuris faucium Gorge de Can- 

 ter ets diet., puleherrime ! 



295. Rh. denticulata, Brid. Suppl. Muse. 1. p. 108 (sub 

 Weisia) ; Br. Europ. /. c. p. 5. t. 2. Dicranum denticulatuin, 

 M. P. 212. 



Hab. Zi_2 in rupium fissuris P. c. circa B.-de-Luchon, locis 

 V. du Lys, Bois de Gouerdere et Lac de Seculejo. 



55. Weisia, Hedwig. 



296. TF. cirrhata, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 69. t. 12 ; Br. Europ. 

 Weisia, \>. 9. t. 6; M. P. 230. 



Hab. Zq p. occ. in Pini Picece trunco in Agro Syrtico loco 

 Landes de Muyriet. Les Terres des Landes (Grateloup) . 



297. W. crispula, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 68. t. 12 ; Br. Europ. 

 Weisia, p. 9- t. 7; M. P. 231. 



Hab. 7a2—5 per Pyrenseos in saxis granitieis et sebistosis, e su.b- 

 alpinis usque ad nives seternas. 



Var. (3. atrata, Br. Europ. I. c. (= /9. nigrescens et 7. atrata, 

 Br. Germ. p. 67. t. 30); M. P. 2^2.— Hab. in rupium subbumi- 

 darum fissuris loco Port de Bcnasque. 



This moss is equally alpine and arctic, and there is scarcelj'^ any 

 other which flourishes and fructifies in such high latitudes and alti- 

 tudes. It was gathered abundantly in Captain Parry's northern voy- 

 ages, and Wahlenberg remarks of it, " in alpibus omnibus altius 

 ascendit prope nivera perennem, quam quis alius muscus (excepto 

 forsan Polytricho juniperino)." 



298. W. viridula, L. Sp. PI. p. 1584 (sub Brijo) ; Brid. Br. 

 Univ. 1. p. 334; Br. Europ. Weisia, p. 5. t. 2, 3. W. contro- 

 versa, Hedw. Muse. Frond. 3. t. 5 ; M. P. 233. 



Hab. Zo_2 in terra ubique. 



" Var. foliis nervo crasso instructis ; capsula inclinata, ovali et 

 ovali-cylindrica, stomate stibobliquo rubello ; peristomii dentibus 

 brevibu:^, irrcgularibus, albidis ; lioribu.s masculis gemmiformibus 

 in ramis propriis terminalibus : rarissime antheridiis 1-2 in peri- 

 chatio fcemineo ;" M. P. 235. — Hab. in muris prope Pan, socio 

 Hymenost. to7iili. 



This seems to be the var. d. amblyodon of the ' Br. Europ.' ; W. am- 

 hlyodon, Brid. Br. Univ. 1. p. 805; W. amblyodon, yymnostomoides and 

 microdonta, Br. Germ. t. 25 et 37. In the rigid habit and in the forna 

 of the leaves it precisely resembles Hymenost. tortile, along with 

 which it grew. 



299. W. Wimmeriana, Sendtner in Denkscbr. d. Regensburg. 

 (sub Gymnostomo) ; Br. Europ. Weisia, p. 4. t. 1. " W. contro- 

 versa var. 2, antberidiis 2-3nis in axillis fol. superiorum dispo- 



