ToRTULACE^.J 282 [Leersia. 



Perich. bracts ovato-Ianceolate ; vaginula somewhat contracted at 

 middle. Calyptra reaching neck of caps., thin, pale yellow-green, equal 

 or lacerate at base, scabrous at apex ; caps, on a red seta, ovato-cylindric, 

 leptodermous, when dry and empty cylindric and faintly striate, pale 

 yellowish brown, orange at neck and mouth ; ann. simple, red, lid 

 straight with a subulate beak ; per. none or with pale truncate very 

 fugacious teeth ; spores large, papillose. Male infl. gemmaceous, 

 axillar, bracts ovate, convolute, acuminate, the nerve obsolete. 

 Hab. — Walls covered with earth, banks and rocks ; not uncommon. Fr. 3 — 5. 



Var. ;8. pilifera {Funck). 



Plants shorter, leaves narrower with the nerve excurrent in a pale 

 yellowish hair. 



Syn. — Encalypta pilifera FvtiCK Crypt, gew. fasc. 26, n. 527, Flora i, 255, Moostasch. 12, t. 7. 

 Brid. Bry. univ. i, 141. Sturm Deutsch. fl. cr. 2, 17. 

 Enc. vulgaris var. pilfera Hues. Muse. germ. gg. 



Hab. — Youlgreave and Buxton [Wilspn). 

 Var. y. obtusifolia [Punch.) 

 Stem erect, branched ; leaves dilated at base, obtuse, the nerve vanishing. 



Syn. — Encalypta obtusifolia Funck. Brid. Bry. univ. i, 766. 



Enc. vulgaris var. obtusa Nees Hornsch. Bry. germ, ii, P. I, 35. Hueb. Muse. germ. g8. 



SCHIMP. 



Enc. vulgaris var. mutica Brid. Bry. univ. i, 141. 



Hab. — Youlgreave and Rhuddlan Castle, N. Wales [Wilson) ! 



The peristome in this moss is very thin and fragile and is thus probably 

 destroyed by adhesion to the lid, for its presence is extremely rare. The 

 dull paper-like caljrptras are the first objects to direct attention to this 

 species, which is more or less generally distributed, but never occurs in great 

 quantity. 



3. LEEESIA LACINIATA Hedw. 



Autoicous ; branched ; leaves oblong-ligulate, patulous, shortly 

 acuminate, margin revolute below middle, nerve excurrent. Caps, 

 subcylindric, smooth ; calyptra with the base contracted and bordered 

 with cuneate laciniae, nearly smooth at apex. (T. XLII, C.) 



Syn. — Bryum erectis longis et obttisis capitulis, calyptra laxa conica, foliis serpylli pellucidi 

 latioribus Dill. Cat. Giss. 223 (i7ig). 



Bryum calyptra extinctorii f-gura, majus et ramosum Dill, Hist. muse. 350, t. 45, f. g 

 (1741) et Herbar. 



Bryum exstinctorium var. ^. L. Sp. pi. 1116(1753). HuDS. Fl. angl. 405 (1762). Weiss 

 Cr. goett. 187 (1770). Neck. Meth. muse. 207 1771). With. Bot. arr. br. veg. ii, 

 672 (1776). LiGHTF. Fl. scot, ii, 7ig (1777). Web. Spic. fl. goett. gg (1778). Hull 

 Br. fl. 258 (1799). 



Leersia laciniata Hedw. Fund. II, 103 (1782). 



