220 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES, 



sessile^ oblong, immersed in tlie perichgetial leaves. — Eng. 

 Fl.p. 71; MillL Sijn.pt. %. p. 50. 



" On the trunk of a Beech-tree, at Potheringham, near 

 Forfar, very sparingly in fruit" (Drummond). Er. Summer. 

 This is one of our rarest British Mosses, though it seems 

 not uncommon on the Continent, and still less so in Ame- 

 rica. It is easily distinguished by its sessile fruit. 



3. Neckera crispa, Hedw. [Curled NecJcera.) Leaves 

 bifarious, oblong, acuminulate, transversely waved; seta 

 much exserted; capsule ovate. — Eng. Fl.p. 71 ; Milll. Si/n. 

 pt. 2.J5. 54. 



On trees and rocks, chiefly the latter, in subalpine districts. 

 Tr. "Winter. This is a large and beautiful Moss, covering 

 large spaces on rocks in our Scottish Highlands. The 

 largest specimens we remember to have gathered were on 

 the braes of Lochaber, on rocks overhanging the mouth 

 of the cave in which the unfortunate Pretender took refuge 

 after his disastrous defeat at Culloden. 



ANOMODON, IIool: et Taylor. (Anomodox.) 



The anomalous character of its peristome, is the origin of 

 the name of this genus, having a ciliary process or thread 



