WEISSIA. 113 



Leaves broadly subulate, crisped when dry, their margins 

 recurved; capsule ovate; lid rostrate. — Eng. FL p. 21. 

 Bliudia cirrhata, 311111. Syn. jd. 2.^j. 416. 



On posts and trees, thatched roofs, etc. Tr. Spring. 

 Closely allied to W. crispula, from which it is distinguished 

 by the character of its foliage. 



11. Weissia tenuirostris, Hook, and Taylor. {Slender- 

 healced JFeissia.) Stems loosely tufted, elongated; leaves 

 linear-acuminate, grooved, flexuose, waved and plane at the 

 margin; nerve opaque; capsule subobliquely cylindrical; 

 lid rostrate, as long as the capsule. — Eng. El. p. 21. Tri- 

 chostomum cylindricum, Miill. Sijn.pt. 1./;. 5S6. 



Moist rocks, Campsie, near Glasgow (in fruit), Powers- 

 court Waterfall near Dublin, and other places in Ii'eland, but 

 barren. Fr. April. With much of the habit of ToHula 

 tortuosa, but evidently the peristome is that of a Weissia. 



12. Weissia curvikostra, Hook, and Taylor. {Curved- 

 beaked Weissia.) Stems elongated, wiry (usually red) ; 

 leaves patent, linear, subulate, margined with the revolute 

 edge; nerve strong; capsule ovato- cylindrical; lid shortly 

 rostrate, oblique; teeth of the peristome subulate, erect. 

 — Eng. FL p. 22. Trichostomum rubellum, Milll. Si/n. 

 pt. I. p. 5S1. 



I 



