NECKERACE*.] 212 \Fontinate. 



finely papillose, endostome purple, forming a latticed cone, slightly papillose, 



the transverse bars faintly nodulose. 



HAB. On stones and rocks in alpine streams. Fr. 67. 



Noran water, Forfarshire (M. Anderson 1869) ! ! Bolquhan burn, near Kippen, Stirling- 

 shire (Col. Stirling and R. Kidston June 1896) ! ! richly in fruit. Corne Moy, Loch 

 Laggan (Prof. Barker 1881) ! ! 



This moss has such a very distinct facies and other characters, that I have 

 preferred to maintain its specific rank, although most authorities combine it with 

 the preceding species. 



3 . FONTINALIS DOLOSA Cardot. 



Dioicous ; pinnate, the branches flexuose. Leaves soft, erecto-patent, 

 dimorphous ; cauline ovato-lanceolate, branch-leaves narrower, lanceolate, 

 flat, denticulate at apex. Capsule half immersed, small ; endostome muri- 

 cate, cross bars with two erect appendages. (T. CXXIII, D.) 



Svv.Fontinalis dolosa CARDOT Rev. bryol. 1896, p. 68. Dix. JAM. Stud. Handb. 355 (1896). 

 LIMPR. Laubm. iii, 802 (1903). 



Dioicous ; plants soft, yellowish-green above, ferruginous below, 

 slightly glossy. Stems 6 10 in. long, naked at base, strongly flexuose, 

 pinnate, the branches unequal flexuose and patulous, attenuate-cuspidate. 

 Leaves rather soft lax erecto-patent, imbricated at apex of branches, 

 dimorphous ; cauline ovato-lanceolate, obtusely or subacutely acuminate, 

 denticulate at apex, more or less carinate and complicate, often split when 

 old ; branch-leaves smaller and narrower, nearly plane, lightly plicate, 

 elongate-lanceolate, acutely toothed at apex. Cells at angles distinct, 

 subhexagonal or shortly oblong, fuscous, the rest linear-flexuose. Peri- 

 chastium ovate, the upper bracts suborbicular, f the length of capsule, 

 finally truncate-lacerate ; capsule half-emergent, small oblong ; lid short, 

 conical ; peristome purple, the teeth narrow, internally with 25 30 lamella?, 

 endostome muricate, the cross-bars with two larger erect appendages. 

 HAB. On wood submersed in a stagnant pool, Limbury, Bedford (J.Saunders 1882). 

 This fine species is near F. Kindbergii REN. & CARD, and F. thulensis 

 JENS, from Iceland; I think it is quite distinct, especially in the armature of the 

 endostome. 



4- FONTINALIS SQTJAMOSA L. 



Dioicous ; dark green, glossy, branches incumbent, fasciculate. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, concave, rather obtuse, inflexed at margin, cells linear, 

 elongated, subrectangular at intervals. (T. CXXIII, C.) 



SYN.-FoHtfwafe squantosa ttnuis sericea, atro-virens DILL. Hist. muse. 258, t. 33, f. 3 (1741) et 



" 8 ^753). HUDS. Fl. angl. 39 8 (1762). WITHER. Bot. 

 (1776). LIGHTF. Fl. Scot, ii, 696 (1777). ROTH Tent. fl. germ, iii, P. 2, 



