ENCALYPTA. 35 



mits; capsule cylindrical, spirally striated; calyptra toothed 

 at the base. (TAB. XIII.) 



E. streptocarpa. Hedw. Sp. Mur.c. t. 10. Engl.Bot. t. 2163. Bryum 

 ciliare. Dicks, Dill. Muse. t. 43. f. 71. 



HAB. Stony mountainous countries. 



E. streptocarpa is very rare in fructification, a state in 

 which we met with it in considerable abundance in the Duke 

 of AthoFs grounds at Dunkeld in the month of September 

 1815. 



It is the largest by far of the three British species, often 

 ^exceeding two inches in length; thickly clothed with leaves, 

 whose nerve is on the back and towards the point slightly 

 serrated, while the margins are entire as in the other species. 

 The present may be distinguished not only by its size, but 

 by its spirally striated capsule, and above all by its deep red, 

 very long, capillary teeth. We may add that the lid is spirally 

 striated, in which circumstance as well as by the shape and tex- 

 ture of the leaves it has a strong affinity with Tot -tula subu- 

 lata. 



2. E. vulgarise stems short ; leaves oblongo-elliptical, obtuse, 

 their nerve produced a little beyond the summits ; capsule 

 cylindrical, smooth; calyptra entire at the base. (TAB. XIII.) 



E. vulgarisv. Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. GO. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 17- Moug. 

 et Nestl. n. 17- Leersia vulgaris. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 18. Bryum 

 extinctorium. Linn. Sp. Pl.EngLBot. t. 558. Dill. Muse. t. 45. f. 8. 



HAB. On banks, walls, and rocks, principally such as are 

 calcareous. 



This is the only species which has a calyptra entire at 

 the base, by which circumstance it is chiefly to be distin- 

 guished from E. ciliata. It is difficult to examine the pe- 

 ristome of this, from the facility with which it separates 

 along with the lid, both generally coining away by the re^ 

 moval of the calyptra. 



3* E. ciliata; stems short; leaves oblong, acuminate, nerve pro- 

 duced considerably beyond the summit; capsule cylindrical, 

 calyptra toothed at the base. (TAB. XIII.) 



at. concolor; leaves apiculate, their points of the same colour, cap- 

 sule smooth. 



E. ciliata. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 61. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 18, Engl 

 Bot. t. 1418. -Leersia ciliata. -Hedto. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 19. Bryum ex- 

 tinctorium ft. Linn. Sp. PI p. 1581. Dill. Muse. t. 45. f. 9. 



ft. alpina; leaves much acuminate, their points diaphanous, capsule 

 cmooth. 



E. alpina. Engl. Bnt. 1. 1419. E. affinis. Hedw.jil in J1 T eb, et Mohr 

 Beitr. t. 4. Schwatgr. Suppl t. .16. 

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