122 DIPLOPERISTOMI. [Funaria. 



This species has apparently well marked characters in the 

 apiculate, not acuminate and entire leaves, and in the flexuose 

 fruitstalk, which possesses a remarkably hygrometric qualify. 



2. F. Muhlenbergii ; stems short, leaves concave ovate suddenly 



acuminated serrated the nerve disappearing below the point, 

 fruitstalks straight. (TAB. XX.) 



Funaria Muhlenbergii. Turn, in Ann. of Bot. v. 2. p. 198. Smith, 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1498. Schwacgr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 78. t. 66. Hook. 

 Fl. Scot. P. II. p. 136. Am. Disp. Muse. p. 42. 



HAB. In subalpine countries, principally among rocks in 

 a calcareous soil. 



3. F. hibernica; stems elongated, leaves plane ovato-lanceolate 



gradually acuminated serrated nerve disappearing below the 

 point, fruitstalks straight. (TAB. XX.) 



Funaria hibernica. Hook, in Fl. Lond. ed. 2. (with a figure.} 

 Funaria Muhlenbergii. Mohr, Fl. Crypt. Germ. p. 380. Moug. et 

 Nestl n. 726. Funck, Deutschl Moose, t. 27. n. 2. 



Funaria calcarea. Wahl in Act. Holm. 1806. t. 4./. 2.? 

 Funaria Muhlenbergii and F. serrata. Brid. Meth. (according to 

 Arnott.J 



HAB. On the roof of a thatched cottage at Blarney near 



Cork, Ireland. Mr. Drummond. 



Distinct as this species may appear at first sight from the 

 preceding one, future observations may prove it to be the same. 

 We are certain it is the F. Muhlenbergii of Mohr ; and the late 

 Dr. Swartz, who judged from the figure in Flora Londinensis, 

 informs us that it is truly the F. calcarea of Wahlenberg, a 

 name, which, if this suggestion is correct, it ought to bear, and 

 if it proves, as Dr. Swartz believes that it will, a legitimate 

 species. 



From the F. Muhlenbergii of Turner and Schwaegrichen our 

 plant may be known by its much longer stems and fruitstalks, 

 its more distantly placed, longer, plane, and more gradually 

 acuminated leaves. By its plane leaves, this moss approximates 

 to the tropical F. calvescens. Mr. Drummond of Forfar, who 

 has paid much attention to this genus, and has cultivated plants 

 from seed, says that these two latter species are but varieties of 

 F. hygrometrica. 



