GRIMMIACE^;.] 97 [Weissia. 



when young, fuscous when old, and with 8 strong twisted ridges ; 

 teeth 8, bigeminate, pale, truncate and slightly lacerate at point, not 

 reflexed when dry, cilia 8, broad and short, of two rows of cells. 

 Calyptra slightly hairy. Lid conic-acuminate, pale yellow, with a 

 reddish margin. Spores green, very finely punctulate. Male infl. 

 gemmiform, among the comal leaves ; bracts oblong, acuminate, 

 mucronate with the excurrent nerve. 

 HAD. Trees and rocks near the sea ; not uncommon ; also found inland. Fr. 5. 



High rocks, Tunbridge wells, with i caps. (Spruce 1846) ! Mucross, Killarney, 5 caps. 

 (Schimper 1868) ! 



In appearance this somewhat resembles W. crispa but has longer leaves, 

 not dilated at base, the quadrate hyaline cells only forming a single row at 

 margin, and the upper leaves generally tipped with a cluster of brownish 

 gemmae. The fruit was first described by MM. Renauld and Cardot, from 

 specimens collected in Oregon, by Mr. T. Howell, and a sharp-eyed 

 American lady (Mrs. Britton, of Columbia College), when working at Kew 

 last autumn, found 5 capsules on the specimen collected by Schimper himself 

 at Killarney, but which had not been noticed. This led our veteran 

 bryologist, Spruce, to look over his early gatherings, and among some 

 W. crispa, collected by him at Tunbridge Wells, the same lady detected a 

 single damaged capsule of W. phyllantha. 



The inland specimens from Yorkshire, Sussex, &c., are shorter and paler 

 than those from the coast, and I have noticed it particularly fine and 

 abundant at Lochinver, Sutherlandshire. 



TAB. XLVI. A. Grimmia conferta (Arthur's Seat, Greville). B. var. pruinosa (Largo, Howie). 



C. G. apocarpa (Eskdale, Braithwaite). (3. var. alplcola (Clova, Gardiner), y. var. 



rivularis (Ben Lawers, Braithwaite), 2. var. gracilis (Campsie, Hunt). D. G. mart lima 



(Penzance, Curnoii'). E. G. anodon (Arthur's Seat, Bell). 

 TAB. XLVII. A. Grimmia crinita (Hatton, Bagnall). B. G. incurva (Braemar, Sim). C. 



G. dongata (Clova, Fcrgusson). D. G.funalis (Craigailleach, Hunt). E. G. torquata 



(Ben Lawers, Braithwaite). F. G. Stirtoni (Glasgow, Stirton). 

 TAB. XLVIII. A. Grimmia Muehlenbeckii (Kynance, Holmes). B. G. microcarpa (Ben 



Lawers). C. G. pulvinata (Dorking). D. G. orbicularis (Ormeshead, Wilson). E. 



G. trichophylla (Arthur's Seat, Hunt). F. G. Hartmani (Killin, Hunt). 



TAB. XLIX. A. Grimmia subsquarrosa (Perth, Dr. White). B. G. decipiens (Conway, 



Wilson). C. G. elatior (Norway, Liitdbcrg). D. G. Donii (Clova, Braithwaite). 



E. G. alpestris (Ballater, Fcrgusson). F. G. montana. 

 TAB. L. A. Grimmia ovata (Clova, Fergusson). B. G. ovalis (Snowdon, Wilson). C. G. 



campestris (Arthur's Seat, Hunt). D. G. atrata (Clova, Fergusson). E. G. unicolor 



(Clova, Fergusson). F. G. elliptica (Snowdon, Wilson). 

 TAB. LI. A. Grimmia patens (Ben Lawers, Braithwaite). B. G. aquatica (Bowness, Barnes). 



C. G. acicularis (Ben Lawers). D. G. affinis (Snowdon). E. G. obtusa (Lough Bray, 



Lindberg). F. G. ramulosa (Herb. Wilson). 

 TAB. LII. A. Grimmia hetcrosticha (Ben Lawers, Braithwaite.) B. G. fascicularis (Killin, 



Braithwaite). C. G. hypnoidcs (Rosedale, Braithwaite). D. G. canescens (by Loch 



Tay, Braithwaite). 

 TAB. LIII. A. Coscinodon cribrosiis (Coniston, Binstead). B. Glyphomitrium Daviesii (Mull, 



Hunt). C. G. polyphyllum (Aber, Braithwaite'). D. G.saxicola (Todmorden, Nowell). 



E. Ancect. Lapponicum (Ben Lawers). F. A. Mougeotii. 



