TORTULACE^.] 194 [Pottia. 



Pottia recta MITT. Ann. nat. hist. 2 ser. viii, 311 (1851). LINDB. in Oefv. vet ak. ioerh, xx, 



410 (1863) ; de Tort. 218 (1864). 

 Bryella recta BERK. Handb. br. m. 300 (1863). 

 Tortnla recta LINDB. Muse, scand. 21 (1879). 



Paroicous ; plants very dwarf, densely gregarious, dull green or rufes- 

 cent. Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, papillose above, oblongo- 

 lanceolate, concave, the margins revolute, nerve excurrent ; cells at 

 base narrowly rectangular, above hexagonal. Caps, erect, subglobose, 

 apiculate, nitidulous, reddish-orange, often 2 3 in one perichsetium, 

 the lid minute, with a simple annulus, not separating ; cal. yellow-brown, 

 the beak rough with minute papillae, black at apex ; spores pale, rough. 



HAB. Fields on clay and calcareous soil, and banks by roadsides ; not 



common. Fr. 2 3. 



Sussex and Kent, frequent. Plymouth (Holmes 1867) ! ! Llangollen (Kent 1865) ! ! Be*u- 

 maris (Hunt) \ \ Manchester and Pontefract (Hunt 1867) ! ! Levens (Barnes 1869) ! ! 

 Todmorden. Dublin (Moore). Near York (Spruce). 



2. POTTIA BRYOIDES (Dicks.) Mitt. 



Autoicous; leaves patent, accrescent upward, oblongo-lanceo- 

 late, reflexed at margin, aristate with the excurrent nerve. Caps, 

 elliptic-ovate, subobliquely rostrate; lid persistent; cal. smooth. 

 (T. XXVIII, C.) 



SYN. Phascum bryoides DICKS. Crypt, fasc. IV, 3, t. 10, f. 3 (1801). SM. Fl. brit. iii, 1154 

 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 1280. WEB. MOHR Bot. Tasch. 65 (1807). ROEHL. Ann. Wett. 

 ges. i, 193 (1809) ; Deutsch fl. iii, 34 (1813). SCHKUHR Deutsch kr. gew. P. 2, 6, t. 2 

 (1810). SCHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. I, 8, t. 2 (1811). VOIT Muse. herb, i (1812). HOOK. 

 TAYL. muse. br. 8, t. 5 (1818). SCHULTZ Suppl. Fl. Starg. 63 (1819). FUNCK Moost. 3, 

 t. i (1821). GRAY Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 712 (1821). NEES HORNSCH. Bry. germ, i, 76, t. 7, 



f. 21 (1823). HUEBEN. Muse. germ. 17 (1833). HOOK. Br. fl. ii,4 (1833). BR - SCHIMP. 



ir. fasc. i, p. n, t. 5 (1837) ; et fasc. 43, t. 2. E 

 bri. ital. 734 (1869). RABENH. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 83 (1848). C. MUELL. Sync 



Bry. eur. fasc. i, p. n, t. 5 (1837) ; et fasc. 43, t. 2. DE NOT. Syllab. 301 (1838) ; Epil. 



i, 28 (1849). WILS. Bry. brit. 33, t. 5 (1855). SCHIMP. Synops. 18 (1860). BERK. Handb. 



br. m. 300, t. 24, fig. 8 (1863). JAEG. Ber. der St. Gall. nat. ges. 1869, p. 80. HOBK. 



Syn. br. m. 29 (1873). HUSN. Mouss. nord-ouest. 34 (1873). JURATZ. Laubm. oester.- 



ung. 90 (1882). LESQ. JAMES Mosses N. Amer. 42 (1884). 

 Phascum gymnostomoides BRID. Sp. muse. I, 7 (1806) ; Mant. 7 (1819) ; Bry. univ. i, 48 



(1826). 



Phase, graniferum WAHL. In Vet. akad. nya handl. xxvii, 131, t. 4, f. 3 (1806). 

 Phase, elongatum SCHULTZ Fl, starg. 273 (1806). 

 Phase, pusillum SCHLEICH. 

 Pottia bryoides MITT. Ann. nat. hist. 2 ser. viii, 311 (1851). LINDB. in Oefv. vet. ak. foer. 



handl. xx, 409 (1863) ; de Tort. 221 (1864). MILDE Bry. siles. 98 (1869). 



Tortula bryoides LINDB. Muse, scand. 21 (1879). 



Autoicous ; gregarious, csespitulose, olivaceous green, \ in. high, 

 simple or sparingly branched. Lower leaves very small, patent, remote, 

 ovato-lanc. upper crowded in an erect coma, much larger, ovate and 

 oblongo-lanc. cuspidate with the solid excurrent nerve, concave, reflexed 

 at margin ; areolat. at base oblongo-hexag. hyaline, at apex rounded- 

 hexag. chlorophyllose. Caps, on a straight reddish seta, sometimes 



