FissiDENTACE^.] 82 [Fissidens. 



Dioicous and autoicous ; minute, bright green. Leaves more 

 numerous, narrowly limbate, lower very small, upper longer, obliquely 

 oblongo-lanceolate or linear, acute and long-pointed, nerved to apex, 

 inferior lam. vanishing above the base, cells rounded, denser. Caps, 

 erect or inclined, oval-oblong, rather narrow ; lid conic, obliquely ros- 

 trate, nearly as long as caps. Male on a long basal branch or on 

 separate plants. 



Hab. — Dripping stones. Fr. 10 — 11. 



Castle Howard and Mowthorpe Dale (Spruce) ! ! Stirrup wood (Gordon, Ashton and 

 Nield 1871). Marple, Cheshire (Whitehead 1871). Levens {Dr. Wood 1871). 



A beautiful little moss of bright green colour, and distinct habit, which 

 has also been found in Scandinavia. 



4. FISSIDENS VIEIDUmS (Swartz) Wahl. 



Ante p. 70. HusN. Muscol. gall. 50, t. 15 (1884). 



Fissidens pusillus WiLS. ante p. 68. Spruce in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 360. Husn. op. c. 49, 



t. 15. 

 Fissidens synanthus Mitt. Journ. Linn. soc. Bot. xxi, 554 (1885). 

 Fissidens exilis Mitt. op. c. 555. 



Fissidens holomitrius Spruce Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 356. 

 Fissidens sepincola Mitt, in lit. 



Synoicous, autoicous or dioicous ; varying also in size and in the direc- 

 tion of the capsule, which is however more or less symmetric. Mr. Mitten's 

 specimens of F. sepincola sent to me are F. exilis of this work. In F. synanthus 

 not one-half of the specimens are synoicous, the male infl. being basal or on 

 a separate plant. 



5. FISSIDENS INCURVUS Starhe. 



Ante, p. 6g. Juratz. Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 61 (1882). Husn. Muse. gall. 49, t. 15 

 (1884). Lesq. James Mosses N. Amer. 82 (1884). Mitt. Journ. Linn. soc. Bot. xxi, 

 557- 



Fissidens Bambergeri Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 115 (1876). Husn. 1. c. Milde in Bot. 

 Zeit. 1864, Beil. p. 12. 



Var. /?. tamarindifolius (Don). Ante, p. 6g. 



Fissidens tamarindifolius Mitt. Journ. Linn. soc. xxi, 557 (1885). 



Oakwood, Romiley, Cheshire and Ashton (Scholcfield and Whitehead). Charlesworth, 

 Derby (Whitehead). 



6. FISSIDENS TEaUENDAMENSIS Mitt. 



Syn. — Fissidens Teqiiendatnensis Mitt. Journ. Linn. soc. Bot. xii, 601 (1869). 

 Fissidens Orrii Lindb. Ante, p. 73. 



The Irish plant is identical with Weir's from the Andes of New 

 Granada, and adds another to the group of species common to these two 

 distant regions of the world. It is very close to F. Algarvims Solms, which 

 has a similar minute capsule and long seta, and leaves of the same form, 

 but with denser oval cells. 



