DiCRANACEiE.] 102 [Swartzia 



4. SWARTZIA Ehrhart. 



(PI. crypt, exsicc. n. 164 {1787). ) 



Plants in dense silky tufts ; slender, fastigiate, dichotomous. Leaves 

 distichous, spreading from a semiamplexicaul base, subulate, smooth ; 

 areolation hexagono-rectangular at base, narrow and quadrate above. 

 Calyptra cucullate. Capsule erect or cernuous, glossy, ovate or cylin- 

 draceous ; lid conic. Teeth 16, not confluent at base, lineal-lanceolate, 

 irregularly separated at the divisural line, or variously torn or perforated. 

 Spores smooth. — Inhabiting rocks or the ground. Deriv. — Named in 

 honour of Olaf Swartz. 



The close alliance between this genus and Ditrichum flexicaule will be 

 seen at a glance, yet Schimper makes it the type of a distinct family, on 

 account of the distichous leaves. The name Swartzia was adopted by 

 Schreber in lygi for a genus of Leguminous plants, but it will be seen that 

 Ehrhart's name has four years priority, and therefore Schreber's genus must 

 not only give way to Ehrhart's but stand under its older designation of 

 TounaUa Aublet (1775.) 



Clavis to the Species. 



Capsule cylindric, erect. montana. 



Capsule ovate, cernuous. inclinata. 



I. SWAETZIA MONTAXA {Lamk.) Lindh. 



Paroicous; leaves from an oblong base, longly subulate, patent. 

 Capsule erect, oval-cylindric, teeth of per. short, irregularly cleft. 

 (T. XV, B.) 



Syn. — Bryam montanum Lamarck F1. franc, i, 48 (1778). Allioni F1. pedem. if, 299 (1785). 

 Mniiim capillaceum Swartz in nov. act. See. ups, iv, 241 (1784), excl. syn. Dill. 

 Bryum capill. Dicks. PI. cr. Brit. fasc. i, 4, t. i, f. 6 (1785). Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. ii, 42 



(1796). With. Bot. arr. Br. veg. 3 ed. iii, 831 (1796). Hull Br. Fl. P. 2, 262 (1799). 

 Swartzia capillacea Ehrh. PI. cr. exs. dec. 17, n. 164 (1787). Hedw. St. crypt, ii, 72, t. 



26 (1789). Brid. Muse. rec. ii, P. I, 117 (1798). Roehl. Moosg. Deutsch. 208 (1800)'. 



P. Beauv. Prodr. go (1805). 



Didymodon capill. Schrad. Spic. Fl. germ. 64 (1794). Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. I, igg (1795). 

 Swartz Muse. suec. 28 (1798). Wee. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 155 (1807). Schkuhr Deutsch. 

 Cr. Gew. P. II, 65, t. 39 (1810). Wahlenb. Fl. lapp. 314 (1812). Voit Muse. herb. 34 

 (r8i2). Roehl. Deutsch. Fl. iii, 55 (1813), Ann. Wett. Ges. iii, igg. Hook. Tayl. 

 Muse. Br. 67, t. 20 (1818). Brid. Mant. 100 (1819) ; Bry. univ. i, 504 (1826). Gray 

 Nat. arr. Br. pi. i, 743 (1821). Hook. Fl. Scot. P. 2, 136 (1821) ; Br. Fl. ii, 30 (1833). 

 HuEB. Bry. ger. 281. Mack. Fl. hib. P. 2, 18 (1836). HusN. Mouss. nord-ouest 69 (1873). 



Cynontodium capill. Hedw. Sp. muse. 57 (i8oi). 



Cynodontium capill. Brid. Sp. muse. I, 158 (1806). Schultz Fl. Starg. 289 (1806). 

 Schwaegr. Suppl. I, P. I, 114 (1811). Mart. Fl. cr. erl. 95 (1817). Funck. Moost. 21! 

 t. 14 (1821). 



Trichostomum capill. Sm. Fl. Brit, iii, 1236 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 1152. Turn. Muse. hib. 

 35 {1804). 



