Pi. cell. fol. 14. MUSCI. 359. Weissia. 731 
10. Weissia cirrata. Tendrilled weiss. 
Leaves broadly awlshape ; crisp when dry; edges turned 
over; capsule ovate; lid beaked. 
Bryum trichoides exile, erectis capitulis in pediculis longioribus rubris, 
Dillen. in Rati Syn. 97, 25. 
Mnium cirrhatum, Lin. S. P. 1576. 
Weissia Dicksoni, Wilden. Berol. 303. 
Weissia cirrata, Hedw. S. Musc. 69. 
Encalypta cirrata, Swartz M. Suec. 25. 
Afzelia cirrhata, Ehrh. Crypt. 232. 
Bryum Dicksoni, Dickson Crypt. 3,4. 
On rails and posts, rarely on banks. 
11. Weissia curvirostra. Bentbeak weiss. 
Leaves linear, awlshape; capsule ovate, cylindrical; lid 
beaked. 
Bryum stellare, lacustre, foliis rubris capillaceis, Dillen. Musc. 382. 
Grimmia recurvirostra, Roth Germ. 3,144; Engl. Bot. 1488. 
Bryum curvirostrum, Dicks. Crypt. 2, 7. 
Weissia recurvirostra, Hedw. §. Muse. 71. 
Bryum recurvirostrum, Wither. Arr. 829. 
Bryum setaceum 8, Hudson Angl, 432. 
Weissia curvirostra, Hooker & Taylor Musc. 46. 
On moist banks in woods. 
Resembles the tortulee, and accompanies them; Jeaves 
very stiff. 
12. Weissia crispula. Small-crisped weiss. 
Stem divided; leaves broad at bottom, lanceolate, awl- 
shape, crisp when dry; edges turned in; capsule ovato- 
elliptical; lid beaked. 
Weissia crispula, Hedw. S. Musc. 68 
Grimmia crispula, Turner M. Hib. 28; Engl, Bot. 2203. 
On rocks; perennial; summer. 
Resembles w. cirrata, but is smaller, and darker green. 
13. Weissia controversa. Controverted weiss. 
Stem nearly simple; eaves linear, awlshape; crisp when 
dry, edge turned in; capsu/e ovate, elliptical; lid beaked. 
Bryum trichoides exile, erectis capitulis in pedicellis brevissimis, Déllen. 
in Raii Syn. 97, 26. 
Grimmia controversa, Sibth. Ox. 277; Engl. Bot. 1367. 
Bryum virens, Dicks. Crypt. 1, 4. 
Bryum viridulum, Huds. ‘Angl. 478. 
Weissia controversa, Hedwig Crypt. 3, 5. 
On banks. 
