ToRTULACE^.] 238 [Mollia. 



Teeth rudimentary, pale and truncate ; leaves rather shorter ; caps, 

 small, elliptic. 



Syn. — W. gymnostomoides Brid. Bry univ. i, 342. 



W. Rudolphiana Nees Hornsch. op. c. 31, t. 25. 



W. viridula e. gymnostomoides Bry. eur. 

 Hab. — Occasionally with the ordinary form. 



Var. 8. densifolia Wils. 



Densely tufted, stems taller, much branched ; leaves crowded, narrower ; 

 seta often short, teeth imperfect. 



Syn.— W. densifolia Wils. MSS. 



W. viridula y. densifolia Bry. eur. Bry. brit. 



Hab.— Kenmare {Wilson 1829) ! Rhayadr-y-Pare Mawr {Wilson 1845) ! ! 



Malham {West 1882) ! ! 



Like all mosses of wide distribution, this is extremely variable in size as 

 well as in the leaves and fruit, its most constant character being the involute 

 margin of the leaves and small pale teeth, the latter often very unequal or 

 with projecting lateral processes ; occasionally the lid is longer than the 

 capsule. 



It is curious that while the description by Linneus of Bryum viridulum 

 certainly refers to this plant, there is no specimen in his herbarium, the 

 mosses there so named being Fissidens viridulus, Pottia truncaUila and 

 Anisotkecium nibrum. 



9. MOLLIA RTJTILANS {Hedw.) Lindh. 



Autoicous ; leaves lanceolate, mucronate,' with plane margins. 

 Caps, oblong, substriate, teeth very short, truncate, fugacious. 

 (T. XXXIV, F.) 



Syn. — Gymnostomum rutilans Hedw. Sp. muse. 37, t. 3, f. 8 — 11 (1801). Brid. Sp. muse. I, 34 

 (1806), Mant. 16 (1819). Schwaeqr. Suppl. I, P. I, 29 (1811). 



Gymnostomum microstomum Schultz F1. starg. 279 (1806). Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 85 

 (1807). ScHKUHR Deutsch. kr. gew. ii, P. II, 23, t. 10 (1810). 



Hymenostomum rutilans Nees Hornsch. Bry. germ, i, 201, t. 12, f. 5 (1823). Brid. Bry. 

 univ. ii, 78 (1827). Hueben. Muse. germ. 70 (1833). 



Weissia apiculata Nees Hornsch. op. <.. ii, P. II, 40, t. 26 (1831). Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. 

 fl. ii, S. 3, 126 (1848). 



Weissia mucronulata Bruch, Spreng. L. Syst. Veg. iv, 158. Hueben. op. t. 124. 



Weissia mticronata Br. Schimp. Bry. eur. fase. 33—36, p. 7, t. 4 (1846). Wils. Bry. brit. 

 47, t. 38 (1855). Schimp. Synops. 52 (i860), 2 ed. 5 r. Berk. Handb. br. m. 292 (1863). 

 MiLDE Bry. siles. 46 (1869). Husn. Mouss. nord-ouest. 42 (1873), Muse. gall. 13, t. 4 

 (1884). HoBK. Syn. br. m. 34 (1873). Juratz. Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 12 (1882). 



Weissia viridula 5. mucronata C. Muell. Synops. i, 652 (1849). 

 Mollia rutilans Lindb. 



Autoicous ; resembling M. viridula. Leaves broader with a longer 

 macro, the upper part very concave, with plane margins. Caps, 

 oblongo-cylindraceous, fuscescent with ferruginous striae and a red 

 mouth ; lid bright red, with a shorter beak ; teeth broader, irregular, 

 cleft, cribrose, very fugacious ; spores twice the size. 

 Hab. — Clay soil in woods and shady places ; not common. . Fr. 3 — 4. 



