WEISSIA. Ill 



made a variety. The very short obtuse teeth are the chief 

 distinction, and it is somewhat larger in size. 



6. Weissia lanceolata, Hook, and Taylor. {Lance- 

 leaved Weissia.) Stems somewhat elongated ; leaves ovate, 

 ■with an excurrent nerve, almost piliferous; capsule ovate; 

 lid obliquely rostrate. — Eng. Fl. jp. 20. Pottia lanceolata. 

 Mull. Syn.pt. \.p. 548. 



On moist banks. Fr. Spring. Also allied to W. Star- 

 heana, but distinguished by its rostrate lid. It resembles 

 some forms of Gymnodomum truncatulum, with wdiicli it may 

 be remembered : it is now associated by recent authors in 

 the genus Pottia. 



7. Weissia latifolia, Schwsegr. {Broad-leaved Weis- 

 sia.) Stems unbranched, very short; leaves broadly ob- 

 ovate, with a small acumen, concave, imbricated, shining, 

 the nerve reaching nearly to the point ; capsule oblong, cy- 

 lindrical, erect; lid rostrate. — JEng. Fl. p. 20. Pottia la- 

 tifolia, 2Ii'dl. Syn.pt. \. p. 550. 



In crevices of rocks on the Clova Mountains, Forfarshire, 

 Mr. Drummond, 1824. Pr. August. Sufficiently distin- 

 guished by its broad imbricated leaves. We are not aware 

 that it has been found in any other locality in Britain, but 

 it is abundant on the Swiss Alps. 



