WEBERACE^;.] 293 [Webera. 



Male plants short, scattered, the infl. gemmiform, terminal, inner 

 bracts ovate, concave, nerve excurrent. 



HAB, Turfy banks and moist rocks in mountain districts ; not uncommon. 

 Fr. 8. 



Var. /3. acutifolia Lindb. 



Plants taller, denser and more branched ; leaves longer, acuminate, 

 acute, arista of perich. bracts smooth. 



HAB. With the type, but more frequently in Ireland, though usually 

 sterile. Connemara c. fr. (Moore 1853) ! I Luggielaw (Lindberg 1873) ! ! 



TAB. XLIII. 



Webera sessilis (Ben Lawers, Braithwaite). (3. Var. acutifolia (Ireland, 

 Lindberg). 



a. Fertile, b. male plant, a*. Fertile pi. mag. i. Leaf, i a. apex, i ab. areolation 

 of base, i x. transv. section. 2. Perich. bract. 3. Male infl. 4. bract and anthe- 

 ridia. 5. Capsule. 6. Spore sac. 7. Calyptra. 8. Operculum. 9. Endostome. 



