DicranacEjE.] 172 \Oncophorus. 



Rhabdoweisia denticulata Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 33 — 36, p. 5, t. 2 (1846). Rabenh. 

 Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, I2g (1848). WiLS. Bry. br. 51, t. 15 (1855). Berk. Handb. br. 

 rn. 291, t. 24, fig. 5 (1863). MiLDE Bry. siles. 47 (1869). De Not. Epil. bri. ital. 283 

 (i86g). HoBK. Syn. br. m. 36 (1873). Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 59 (1876). Juratz. 

 Laubra. oesterr.-ung. 22 (1882). 



Autoicous ; in small lax bright-green tufts, fuscous at base. Leaves 

 gradually longer upward, flexuoso — and recurvo — patulous, when dry 

 cirrate — crispate, slightly glossy, broadly linear, obtuse, carinate, nerve 

 vanishing below apex, margin plane or waved, coarsely and remotely 

 toothed toward apex ; cells elongato-hexagonal and hyaline at base ; 

 quadrato-hexag. and chlorophyllose above. Caps, erect, ovato-globose 

 with a more distinct neck, more solid, fuscescent, when dry and empty, 

 from a contracted base suburceolate, deeply sulcate ; lid with a subulate 

 beak, long as caps., teeth from a lanceolate base, narrowly subulate- 

 linear, articulated, longer, more solid, rufous-purple, persistent. 

 Hab. — Crevices of subalpine rocks. Fr. 6 — 7. 



On the Isla, Angus (Hooker). Green's Clough, Todmorden (Nowell 1856) ! ! Grasmere 

 and Rydal (Whalley 1864) ! Ben Voirlich, Craig Challeach and Glen Lyon (Hunt 

 1865) ! ! Hill bell, M^estmoreland (Stabler 1868) ! Cader Idris (Wild 1877) ! Aber 

 and Beddgelert (Hunt 1865) ! ! Glenmalur and Upper Lough Bray (Moore). Nire 

 Lakes, Waterford (Nicholson 1882) ! ! Teesdale (R. Barnes 1881) ! ! 



More robust than the next species and readily distinguished from it by 

 the broad pointed, coarsely serrate leaves, and stout persistent peristome. 



8. ONCOPHORTJS STEIATUS (Schmd.) Lindb. 



Autoicous ; leaves curled, narrow lineal-lanceolate, scarcely toothed 

 at the acute point. Caps, small ovate, teeth broad at base, suddenly 

 subulate, slender and fugacious. (T. XXVI, C.) 



Syn. — Grimmia striata Schrad. Bot. Journ. ii, 55 (1799). Smith Fl. brit iii, 1185 (1804), Eng. 

 Bot. t. 1988. Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 143 (1807). Schkuhr Deutsch. kr. gew. P. 2, 59, 

 t. 25 (1810). VoiT Muse, herbip. 33 (1812). 



Grimmia crispata Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 145 (1800). 



Weissia fugax Hedw. Sp. muse. 64, t. 13, fig. 5 — 10 (1801). Brid. Sp. muse. 1, 107 (1806), 



Mant. 40 (1819), Bry. univ. I, 340 (1826). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. I, 77 (1811). Wahlenb. 



Fl. lap. 324 (1812). RoEHL. Deutsch. fl. iii, 49 (1813), Ann. Wett. ges. iii, 100. Funck 



Moost. 15 t. 10 (1821). Nees Hsch. Bry. germ, ii, P. II, 74, t. 31, fig. 17 (1831). 



HUEBEN. Muse. germ. 133 (1833). Hartm. Skand. fl. De Not. Syllab. 234 (1838). C. 



MuELL. Synops. i, 649 (1849). Schimp. Synops. 52 (i860). Husn. M. nord-ouest 42 



(1873). 

 Weissia striata Kaulf. in Sturm Deutsch. fl. II, heft 16, t. 24 {1815). Hook. Tayl. 



Muse. br. 45, t. 15 (1818). Gray Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 730 (1821). Hook. Fl. scot. P. 2, 



130 (1821), Br. fl. ii, 21 (1833). 



Weissia piimila Brid. Bry. univ. i, 338 (1826). 



Weissia leptodon Plaub. in Brid. op. c. p. 341, t. suppl. i. 



Rhabdoweisia fugax Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 33 — 36, p. 4, t. i (1846). Rabenh. Deutsch. 

 kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 129 (1848). WiLS. Bry. br. 50, t. 15 (1855). Berk. Handb. br. m. 290 

 (1863). MiLDE Bry. siles. 47 (i86g). De Not. Epil. bri. ital. 283 (i86g). Hobk. syn. 

 br. m. 36 (1873). Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 58 (1876). Juratz. Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 21 

 (1882). 



Autoicous ; in small cushioned tufts, deep green above, pale fuscous 

 and radiculose below. Leaves fasciculate, curled when dry, narrowly 



