ToRTULACE^.] 194 [Pottia. 



Pottia recta Mitt. Ann. nat. hist. 2 ser. viii, 311 (1851). Lindb. in Oefv. vet ak. foerh, xx, 



410 (1863) ; deTort. 218 (1864). 

 Bryella recta Berk. Handb. br. m. 300 (1863). 

 Tortula recta Lindb. Muse, scand. 21 (1879). 



Paroicous ; plants very dwarf, densely gregarious, dull green or rufes- 

 cent. Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, papillose above, oblongo- 

 lanceolate, concave, the margins revolute, nerve excurrent ; cells at 

 base narrowly rectangular, above hexagonal. Caps, erect, subglobose, 

 apiculate, nitidulous, reddish-orange, often 2 — 3 in one perichaetium, 

 the Hd minute, with a simple annulus, not separating ; cal. yellow-brown, 

 the beak rough with minute papillae, black at apex; spores pale, rough. 



Hab. — Fields on clay and calcareous soil, and banks by roadsides ; not 



common. Fr. 2 — 3. 



Sussex and Kent, frequent. Plymouth {Holmes 1867) ! ! Llangollen {Kent 1865) ! ! Beau- 

 maris {Hutit) ! ! Manchester and Pontefract (Hunt 1867) ! 1 Levens {Barnes 1869) ! ! 

 Todmorden. Dnhlin (Moore). NesivYork (Spruce). 



2. POTTIA BRYOIDES {Dicks.) Mitt. 



Autoicous ; leaves patent, accrescent upward, oblongo-lanceo- 

 late, reflexed at margin, aristate with the excurrent nerve. Caps, 

 elliptic-ovate, subobliquely rostrate ; lid persistent ; cal. smooth. 

 (T. XXVIII, C.) 



SYS.—Phascum bryoides Dicks. Crypt, fasc. IV, 3, t. 10, f. 3 (1801). Sm. FI. brit. iii, 1154 

 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 1280. Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 65 (1807). RoEHL.Ann. Wett. 

 ges. i, 193 (i8og) ; Deutsch fl. iii, 34 (1813). Schkuhr Deutsch kr. gew. P. 2, 6, t. 2 

 (1810). ScHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. I, 8, t. 2 (1811). VoiT Muse. herb, i (1812). Hook. 

 Tayl. muse. br. 8, t. 5 (1818). Schultz Suppl. Fl. Starg. 63 (1819). Funck Moost. 3, 

 t. I (1821). Gray Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 712 (1821). Nees Hornsch. Bry. germ, i, 76, t. 7, 

 f. 21 (1823). HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 17 {1833). Hook. Br. fl. ii,4 (1833). Br. Schimp. 

 Bry. eur. fasc. i, p. 11, t. 5 (1837) ; «' fasc. 43, t. 2. De Not. Syllab. 301 (1838) ; Epil. 

 bri. ital. 734 (i86g). Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 83 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. 

 i, 28 (1849). WiLS. Bry. brit. 33, t. 5 (1855). ScHiMP. Synops. 18 (i860). Berk. Handb. 

 br. m. 300, t. 24, fig. 8 (1863). Jaeg. Ber. der St. Gall. nat. ges. i86g, p. 80. Hobk. 

 Syn. br. m. 29 (1873). HusN. Mouss. nord-ouest. 34 (1873). Juratz. Laubm. oester.- 

 ung. 90 (1882). Lesq. James Mosses N. Amer. 42 (1884). 



Phascum gymnostomoides Brid. Sp. muse. I, 7 (1806) ; Mant. 7 (i8ig) ; Bry. univ. i, 48 

 (1826). 



Phase, graniferum Wahl. In Vet. akad. nya handl. xxvii, 131, t. 4, f. 3 (1806). 



Phase, elongatum Schultz Fl. starg. 273 (1806). 



Phase, pusillum Schleich. 



Pottia bryoides Mitt. Ann. nat. hist. 2 ser. viii, 311 (1851). Lindb. in Oefv. vet. ak. foer. 

 handl. xx, 409 (1863) ; de Tort. 221 (1864). Milde Bry. siles. 98 (i86g). 



Tortula bryoides Lindb. Muse, scand. 21 (i87g). 



Autoicous ; gregarious, csespitulose, olivaceous green, \ — J in. high, 

 simpleor sparingly branched. Lower leaves very small, patent, remote, 

 ovato-lanc. upper crowded in an erect coma, much larger, ovate and 

 oblongo-lanc. cuspidate with the solid excurrent nerve, concave, reflexed 

 at margin ; areolat. at base oblongo-hexag. hyaline, at apex rounded- 

 hexag. chlorophyllose. Caps, on a straight reddish seta, sometimes 



