Pi. cell. fol. 14. MUSCI. 359. Weissia. - 729 
XVI. 359. WEISSIA. Hedwig. Weiss. 
Capsule vyalveless, pedicelled; pedicells terminal ; peri- 
stome single, toothed; teeth 16, entire, equidistant; calypira 
halved. 
a. Capsule with an apophysis. 
1. Weissia splachnoides. Splachnumlike weiss. 
Leaves tongueshape, tip rounded; main rib not reaching 
the tip; capsule reverse ovate; apophysis reverse-conical ; 
lid convex, rather pointed. 
Weissia Splachnoides, Schwegr. Suppl. 17. 
Grimmia splachnoides? Engl. Bot. 2164, leaves differ. 
Splachnum lingulatum, Dicks. Crypt. 4,4; Engl. Bot, 2095. 
On alpine bogs. 
2. Weissia Templetoni. Templeton’s weiss. 
Leaves ovate, lanceolate, pointed; capsule with the apo- 
_ physis narrow, pearlike; Jid nearly flat. 
Weissia Templetoni, Hooker Fl. Lond. ed. 2. 
Funaria Templetoni, Engl. Bol, 2524. 
On wet banks. j 
b. Apophysis 0; leaves without a main rib. : 
3. Weissia nuda. Naked weiss. 
Stem scarcely any; leaves ovate, lanceolate, ribless; cap- 
sule ovate, bunched on one side, nodding. 
Bryum nudum, Dickson. Cryp. 4,7. 
Grimmia nuda, Zurner M. Hib. 25; Engl. Bot, 1421. 
Weissea rosea, Wahlenb. Lapp. 19. 
Weissia incarnata, Schwegr. Suppl. 18. 
On clay soils. 
c. Apophysis 0; leaves main-ribbed, ovale or lanceolate. 
4. Weissia nigrita. Negro weiss. 
Stem long; leaves lanceolate, pointed ; capsule reverse- 
ovate, nodding, bunched, furrowed ; lid hemispherical,. 
blunt-pointed. 
Weissia nigrita, Hedw. Sp. Musc. 72. 
Bryum nigritum, Dicks. Crypt. 3,9. 
Grimmia nigrita, Engl. Bot. 1826. 
On moist banks on mountains. 
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5. Weissia Starkeit. Starkey’s weiss. 
‘Stem very short; leaves ovate; mam rib prolonged into 
a point; capsule ovate, upright; teeth of the peristome awl- 
shape, acute; ld conical. 
