ToRTULACE^.] 231 [Mollia. 



I. MOLLIA CRISPA [Hedw.) Lmdb. 



Autoicous, caespitulose, branched at apex. Perich. bracts lanceo- 

 late-subulate, carinate, with involute margins, crisped when dry; Caps, 

 spherical, immersed, lid minute, persistent. (T. XXXIII, E.) 



Syn. — Phascum crispum Hedw. Fund. muse. II, 85 (1782), Muse, frond, i, 25, t. g (1787), Sp. 

 muse. 21 (i8oi). ScHRANK Bayer, fl, ii, 433 (1789). Hoffm. Deutsch. fl. ii, 20 (1795). 

 Brid. muse. rec. II, P. I, ig (1798), Sp. muse. I, 10, (1806), Mant. 9 (i8ig), Bry. univ. 

 i, 46 (1826). Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. I, iii (1800). Roehl. Moosg. deutseh. 34 (i8oo\ 

 Ann. Wett. ges. i, I3g (i8og), Deutseh, fl. iii, 34 (1813). Dicks. PI. erypt. fasc. IV, 2 

 (1801). Smith Fl. brit. iii, 1151 (1804), Eng, Bot. t. 1680. Turn. Muse. hib. 2 (1804). 

 P. Beauv. Prodr. 82 (1805). Schultz Fl. starg. 274 (1806). Wee. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 

 64 et 477 {1807). ScHKUHR Deutseh. kr. gew. P. II, 6, t. 2 (1810). Schwaeg. suppl. 



1, P. I, I (i8ii). Voit Muse. herb. 5 (1812). La Pyl. Journ. Bot. 1813, p. 281. 

 Mart. Fl. crypt, erl. 125 (1817). Hook. Tayl. Muse. brit. 6, t. 5 (1818). Casseb. Ann. 

 Wett. ges. iv, g4 (i8ig). Hook. Fl. seot. P. II, 121 (1821). Br. flora ii, 2 (1833). 

 FuNCK Moostasch. i, t. i (1821). Gray Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 711 (1821). Nees Hnsch. 

 Bry. germ, i, 57, t. 4, f. 13 (1823). Hueben, Muse. germ. 7 (1833). Mack. Fl. hib. P. 



2, 7 (1836). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fase. i, p. 13, t. 6 (1S37). De Not. Syllab. 308 

 (1838). Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 81 (1848). C. Muell. in Bot. zeit. 1847, P- 

 g8 ; Synops. I, 24 (i84g). WiLs. Bry. brit. 37, t. 5 (1855). Hobk. Syn. br. m. 



. 30 (1873). 



Asiomum crispum Hampe Bot. zeit. 1832. Schimp. Bry. eur. fasc. 43, t. i (1850). Jaeg. 

 Ber. St. Gall. nat. ges. i86g, p, 6g. Lesq. James Mosses N. Amer. 51 (1884). 



Weissia crispa Mitt. Ann. mag. n. h. 2 ser. viii, 316 (1851). Lindb. de Tort. 230 (1864). 

 MiLDE Bry. siles. 43 (1869). 



Weissia longifolia Mitt. op. c. 317. 



Systegium crispum Schimp. Synops. 31 (i860). Berk. Handb. br. m. 296 (1863). De 

 Not. Epil. bri. ital. 740 (i86g). HusN. Mouss. nord-ouest 37 (1873), Muscol. gall. 4, t. 

 I (1884). Juratz. I-aubm. oesterr.-ung. 7 (1882). 



Simophyllum crispum Lindb. Rev. erit. ic. fl. dan. 38 (1871). 



Mollia crispa Lindb. Muse, scand. 22 (i87g). 



Autoicous, gregarious or caespitulose, fastigiate, branched at top, 

 dull green. Leaves cirrhoso-crispate when dry, erecto-patent when 

 moist, cauline distant, lanceolate, short, upper densely comant, long 

 lineal-lanceolate, densely and minutely papillose at back, margin 

 involute, nerve strong, excurrent in a mucro, basal cells smooth, 

 hyaline, elongate hexagonal, upper minute roundish quadrate, obscure. 

 Caps, immersed, subglobose, fuscous, lid minute, conic, easily separable. 



Male infl. gemmiform, near the top of stem, bracts ovato-lancolate, 

 acute. 



Hab. — By the edge of paths in woods and clay fields, especially in calcareous 



districts; not uncommon. Fr. 4 — 5. 



Ffequent in Surrey and Sussex. Darlington {Backhouse). Beverley, Yorks. (Teesdale). 

 Bedford (Abbot). KilcuUen bridge, Ireland (Brown). Plymouth (Holmes). 



Var. /3. aciculata (Mitt.) 



Plants more slender ; perich. bracts more attenuated, very acute, the 

 margins erect, not involute. Caps, almost sessile and covered by the bracts, 

 lid shorter. 



Syn. — Weissia aciculata Mitt. Ann. mag. n. h. 2 ser. viii, 318 (1851). 



Hab. — Roadside at Hurstpierpoint [Mitten) ! 



