137 [Funaria. 



HAB. In moister places. 



Var. y. calvescens (Schwaeg.) Schimp. 



Laxly caespitose ; leaves patulous, longly sheathing, flexuose at margin. 

 Caps, on a long straight seta, erect or inclined, with a narrow neck. 



SYN. Funaria calvescens SCHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. II, 77, t. 65 (1816). BRID. Sp. muse. Ill, 66, 



Bry. univ. ii, 53. C. MUELL. Syn. i, 107. 

 Funaria androgyna BRID. Bry. univ. ii, 58. 

 F. hygrometrica y. calvescens BR. SCH. Bry. eur. 1. c. 



HAB. In warm moist places. 



Woolston moss (Wilson) ! ! Arniston woods, Edinburgh (J. B. Syme 1860) ! 



This universally distributed moss presents great variety, not only 

 according to its locality, but at various stages in the growth of the same 

 plants, as is admirably pointed out by Dillenius. The highly developed 

 peristome is quite peculiar among mosses, the points of the teeth being 

 attached to a central cribrose disc resembling the top of a thimble, which 

 being at a lower level than the teeth, they reach by bending downward 

 and then inward, thus forming a funnel-shaped cavity in the middle. 



TAB. LXIV. A. Discelium nudnm (Ashton, Whitehead). B. Amblyodon dealbatus (Southport, 

 Hunt). C. Nanowitrinm tenerum (Hurstpierpoint, Mitten). D. Physcomitrella patens 

 (Mere, Hunt). E. Physcomitriuin sphcericum (Mere, Hunt). F. Physc. pyriforme 

 (Tottenham, Braithwaite). 



TAB. LXV. A. Funaria obtusa (Goathland, Braithwaite). B. Fun. fascicularis (Dolgelly, 

 Mrs. Braithwaite). C. Fun. attenuata (Teesdale, Slater). D. Fun. calcarea (Millers- 

 dale, Holmes). E. Fun. microstoma (Ashdown forest, Davies). F. Fun. hygrometrica 

 (Chislehurst, Braithwaite). y, Var. calvescens (Woolston moss, Wilson). 



a. Fertile plant, a*. Ditto mag. b. Male. i. Leaf mag. la. Apex. rab. Areolation 

 of base. 3. Male infl. 4. Antheridia and paraphyses. 5. Capsule. 6. Calyptra. 

 8. Teeth of peristome. 9. Spores. 



