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112 HISTORY OP BllITISH MOSSES. 



•yr^-x- Capsules erect, equal. Leaves linear or subulate 



[nerved) . 



8. Weissia striata, Hook, and Tajlor. {Striated Weis- 

 sia.) Leaves linear, denticulate, crisped when dry ; capsule 

 ovato-turbinate, sulcate, erect; lid obliquely subulate. — 

 Engl. Fl.jj. 21 . W. fugax, Miill. Spi. pt. I. p. 650. 



Banks and crevices of rocks in alpine districts; on 

 various Scotch mountains. Tr. August. There is a var. 

 major, the IF. denticulata of Schwsegrichen, vritli leaves 

 broadly linear and denticulate. This has been found on 

 rocks by the river Isla in Forfarshire. 



9. Weissia trichodes, Hook, and Taylor. {Bristle- 

 leaved Weissia.) Stems scarcely any; leaves subulato-seta- 

 ceous, entire ; capsule ovate, striated ; lid rostrate. — Ung. 

 Fl.p. 21. Brachyodus trichodes, Miill. Syn.pt. I. p. 41G. 



On granite or sandstone rocks, preferring such as are 

 under a drip of water ; near Henfield, Sussex, and near Man- 

 chester. Welsh and Scotch mountains. Fr. Teb. A minute 

 species, apt to be overlooked as W.p7(silla, or Gynmostomum 

 tenue. The short and broad teeth of the peristome are very 

 marked, whence its new generic name Brachyodus (Broad- 

 tooth). 



10. W^EissiA cirrata, Hedw. {Curl- leaved IFeissia.) 



