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Gen. IV. BRUCHIA, Serwagr. 
Capsula clausa, apophysi instructa. Flores masculi terminales, gemmeeformes. Calyptra subulato- 
campanulata, basi multifida.—Schwegr. Suppl. ii. p. 91. 
$ 1. SPORLEDERA (Hampe).—Subacaules ; theca subegualig vel pyriformis. 
l. Bruchia minuta (Mitten, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ined.); monoica, perpusilla, brevicaulis, foliis 
patentibus lanceolatis angustatis nervo percurrente, margine superne serrulato, cellulis laxiusculis, theca 
suborbiculari-ovata acuta collo sensim attenuato sessili erecta, calyptra apice rugulosa (heen tertiam partem 
obtegente, flore masculo gemmeformi.” (Tas. CLXXI. Fig. 4.) 
Has. Sides of ditches: Cheshunt, Archer. 
“ Plants very minute, brownish, considerably smaller than B. brevipes.— Leaves, when dry, appressed. In ap- 
pearance it resembles the smallest states of Pleuridium nitidum." Mitten, l.e.—Pıare CLXXI. Fig. 1, fruiting 
specimen ; 2, leaf:—doth magnified. 
Tribe II. Werssiz. 
Gen. V. GYMNOSTOMUM, Hedw. (in parte). 
Peristomium nullum. Capsula erecta, ovalis, oblonga vel subrotunda, squalis. Annulus obscurus, 
persistens. — Operculum oblique rostratum. . Calyptra cucullata.—Caules perennes. Florescentia monoica 
dioicave ; fl. mas. gemmaformis. 
1. Gymnostomum calcareum (Nees et Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. i. 153. t. 10); compacte cespitu- 
losum, caule ramoso tenerrimo, foliis patulis lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis margine planis, capsula ovali- 
oblonga brevicolla erythrostoma, operculo subulato-conico.— Bryo/. Europ. t. 32. 
Has. North-west Bay, on rocks. (Oldfield, 313.) 
DisrarB. New Zealand, Europe. 
2. Gymnostomum bicolor ? (Br. et Sch. Bryol. Europ. t. 29). 
Has. On the ground, amongst Lichens and other Mosses. (Oldfield, with 327.) 
Barren specimens.—Stems loosely tufted, slender. Leaves distant, widely spreading, recurved, of firmer tex- 
ture and more opaque than in G. calcareum, loosely twisted when dry, at first yellowish, brownish when old, linear, 
obtusely apiculate, papillose at the back, slightly denticulate at the apex; nerve pellucid; areola roundish, minute. 
Gen. VI. WEISSIA, Hedwig. 
Peristomium simplex ; dentes sedecim, «equidistantes, basi liberi, lanceolati v. lineari-lanceolati, trans- 
verse trabeculati, dorso convexi, integri vel pertusi, interdum apice bifidi, siccitate erecti vel patentes. 
Capsula erecta, ovali-oblonga. Annulus persistens, vel nullus. Opereulum oblique rostratum.—Caules 
perennes. Florescentia monoica dioicave; fl. mas. gemmaformis. 
1. Weissia flavipes (Hook. fil. et Wils. Fl. N. Zeal. 59. t. 83. £. 2); monoica, cæspitosa, foliis 
erecto-patentibus siccitate intortis lineari-lanceolatis angustatis margine incurviusculis subplanis costa per- 
currente mucronulatis, seta elongata luteola, capsula subeylindrica erecta erythrostoma, peristomii dentibus 
perforatis, operculo tenuirostri. i 
Has. Gullies Road, Brown’s River, and Deep Gully, on Mount Wellington, Oldfield, 265. (Gunn, 
1617.) South Port, Stuart. 
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