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set on to it by a connecting margin. Two varieties are 

 enumerated by 8ir AV. J. Hooker. 



Yar. comolor : leaves apiculate, their points of the same 

 colour. 



Var. pili/era : leaves much acuminated, their points dia- 

 phanous. This seems to be the £. conmiutata of Nees, and 

 E. ajjinis of Schwregrichen. 



4. Ekcalypta iiHAPTOCAiiPA, Schwcegr. {Striated-fndted 

 Extinguisher 3Ioss.) Stems more or less elongated ; leaves 

 oblong, apiculate, the points of the same colour; capsule 

 cylindrical, sulcated ; calyptra ciliated at the margin ; cilia 

 deciduous. — E/zg. EL p. 18; 3Ii(ll. Sj/n. pt. \. p. 520. 



Rocks near the summit of lofty mountains ; Ben Lawers, 

 and others of the Breadalbane range. Ben Bulben, near 

 81igo. Tr. Summer. This species has also a fringe at the 

 base of the calyptra, wliich seems more delicate and fuga- 

 cious than in the former species. The strife or fui'rows of 

 the cai)sule distinguish it from the two preceding, which it 

 resembles much in general appearance. Ben Lawers is the 

 station where we have gathered it in best condition, grow- 

 ing in crevices of rocks with other rare denizens of that 

 richly botanical locality. 



