Weissia.] APLOPERISTOMI. 77 



Bot. resembles the subject of this description in the magnified 

 capsule, but not in the leaves. 



2. W. Templetoni ; leaves ovato-lanceolate acute, capsule (with 



the apophysis) narrowly pyriform, lid nearly plane. (TAB. 

 XIV.) 



Weissia Templetoni. Hook, in Fl. Lond. ed. 2. (cum ic.J Fl Scot. 

 P. II. p. 130. Arn. Disp. Muse. p. 24. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 2. 

 n. 27. 



Entosthodon Templetoni. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. p. 44. t. 113. 

 Funaria Templetoni. Engl. Bot. t. 2524. 



HAB. Wet banks in various parts of Ireland, and in Scot- 

 land; at Appin. Capt. Carmichael. 



This species, with the W. radians of Hedwig, has the same 

 affinity to Funaria as Pterogonium has to Hypnum, viz. agree- 

 ing with it in general habit, and differing only in the want of 

 the inner peristome ; it may, at a future time, become the sub- 

 ject of a new genus. The apophysis is very narrow ; and the 

 teeth of the peristome lye horizontally over the mouth of the 

 capsule, as do those of Funaria. 



The late Dr. C. Sclunidt sent us specimens from Teneriffe, and 

 we have seen others from Egypt, that in all respects agree with 

 our plant ; we have not, however, an opportunity of identify- 

 ing the peristome, owing to their imperfect state. The Weis- 

 sia longicolla of Bridel is, in all probability, the same with the 

 present species, though that author does not notice its very 

 peculiar peristome. 



* * Capsule destitute of an apophysis. 

 f Leaves nerveless. 



3. W. nuda ; stems scarcely any, leaves ovato-lanceolate nerve- 



less, capsule ovate gibbous on one side cernuous. (TAB. 

 XIV.) 



Weissia nuda. Hooker and Tayl Muse. Brit. ed. 1. p. 43. Fl. Scot. 

 P. II. p. 130. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 1. n. 28. Arn. Disp. Muse. p. 

 24. 



Conscinodon nudus. Brid. Meth. p. 48. 



Grimmia nuda. Smith, FL Brit. p. 1197. Engl. Bot. t. 1421. 

 Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 25. 



