Grimmiace^.] 12 [Grimmia. 



Muse eerm. 172 (1833). t)E Not. Syllab. 240, excl. syn. (1838), Epil. bri. ita'- 706 

 (1869). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 25.28, p. 10, t. 2 (1845). Schimp. Synops. 204 (i860 > 

 2 ed. 246. Zett. Rev. Grimm, scand. 59 (1861). Milde Bry. siles 144 (1869). 

 Braithw. in Journ. Bot. 1872, p. 195. Hobk. Syn. br. m. 79 (1873). HusN. Mouss 

 nord-ouest 90 (1873), Muse. gall. 125, t. 36 (i886). Juratz. Laubm. oester-ung. 154 

 (1882). BouLAY Muse. Fr. 387 (1884). 

 Giiemhelia crinita Hampe Bot. zeit. 1846, p. 124. Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 167 

 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. i, 771 (1849.) 



Autoicous ; very dwarf, in small flat silky grey tufts, white with 

 depressed hairs. Leaves gradually accrescent upward, lower imbricated' 

 lanceolate, upper obovate oblong, piliferous, very concave, with plane 

 margins, cells at base wide, quadrate, above irregularly roundish 

 quadrate ; perich. bracts broadly obovate oblong, deeply concave, the 

 membranous apex with a long smooth hair. Caps, on a longer curved 

 pedicel, cernuous, emergent, ovate, less ventricose, reddish-brown, 

 lightly striate, when dry costate, rugose at base ; calyptra cucullate, lid 

 small, obtusely conical ; teeth purple, lanceolate, rimulose or nearly 

 entire. 

 Hab. — On the dry plaster of walls ; very rare. Fr. 4 — 5. 



Wall of a canal bridge near Hatton, Warwick {Bagnall 1872) ! ! 



This moss is not at home with us, and to see it in perfection we must 

 visit Spain or Italy, where it forms extensive patches, the silky hairs giving 

 it a resemblance to a mouse-skin. 



6. GRIMMIA INCURVA Schwaegr. 



Dioicous ; densely tufted. Leaves very long, from a broader base, 

 attenuato-subulate, lower mucronate, upper with very short hair-points, 

 all with plane margins and strongly curled when dry. Caps, minute, 

 cernuous, oval, on a subarcuate pedicel; teeth bifid. (T. XLVII, B.) 



Syn. — Grimmia incitrva Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. I, 90 (1811), et II, t. 97 (iSi6). Roehl. Deutsch. 

 fl. iii, 46 (1813). Brid. Mant. 37 (1819), Bry. un. i, 185 (1826). Funck. Moost. 17, t. 

 12 (1821). Nees Hsch. Bry. germ, ii, P. I, 168, t. 23, f. 21 (1827). De Not. Syllab. 

 241 (1838). C. Muell. Synops. i, 788 (1849). Juratz. Laubm. oester-ung. 159 (1882). 

 BouLAY Muse. Fr. 380 (1884). HusN. Muse. gall. 136, t. 39 (1887). 



Dicranam contortum Wahlenb. Fl. carpat. 346, t. 4 (1814). 



Campyloptis contortus Brid. mant. 74 (1819). 



Dryptodon contortus Brid. Bry. un. i, 199 (1826). 



Grimmia uncinata Kaulf. in Sturm. Deutsch. fl. 2, fasc. 15 (1815). Hueben. Muse, 

 germ. 189 (1833). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 25 — 28, p. 19, t. 12 (1845). Rabenh. 

 Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 163 (1848). 



Grimmia contorta Schimp. Synops. 209 (i860), 2 ed. 252. Zetterst. Rev. Grimm, scand. 

 66 (1861). De Not. Epil. bri. ital. 700 (1869). Milde Bry. siles. 147 (i86g). Hobk. 

 Syn. br. m. 81 (1873). Chalub. Grimm. Tatr. 37, t. 5 (1882). Lesq. James Moss. 

 N. Amer. 139 (1884). 



Dioicous ; in small soft rounded tufts, dark lurid green above, black 

 below, with fine radicles. Leaves patenti-incurved, strongly curled when 



