FuNARiACE^.] 129 [Physcomitrimn. 



below the wide mouth, annulus simple, fragmentary; lid nearly flat, 

 shortly and obtusely rostellate. 



Hab.— Dried mud at Mere Mere, Cheshire {Wilson, 1834) ! ! Fr. 9 — 10. 



This rare little moss resembles some of the Phasca in the unpleasant 

 habit of disappearing for years, and then suddenly reappearing, as it did in 

 1868, when Mr. Hunt collected splendid specimens. A closely allied species 

 Physc. euyystomum (N.-Esen.) Sendtn. has been found growing with this in 

 Germany, Holland, and France, and differs in the apiculate obtusely serrate 

 leaves, with larger polygonal upper cells and a taller and larger capsule. 



2. PHYSCOMITRIUM PYEIFORME (L.) Brid. 



Autoicous'; leaves distant erecto-patent, obovato-lanceolate, coarsely 

 serrate above, nerve vanishing below apex. Caps, on a long seta, shortly 

 pyriform, lid convex-conic, shortly rostellate. (T. LXIV, F.) 



Syn. — Muscus trichodes humilior, capituUs piriformibus erectis Doody. Ray Synops. 

 app. 243 (i6go). 



Muscus capillaris parvus, capituUs magnis piriformibus erectis in pedicuUs brevibus Ray 

 Synops. 2 ed. 2g, u. 7 (i6g6). 



Bryum parvum, erectis piriformibus majusculis capituUs, foliolis serpylli pcUucidis Dill. 

 Cat. Giss. 223 (1719), et in Ray Syn. 3 ed. 93, n. 7 {1724). 



Bryum serpillifolium pellucidum, capsulis pyriformibus Dill. Hist. muse. 345, t. 44, f. 6, 

 A — L (1741), et Herb. 



Bryum pyriforme L. Sp. pi. 1116 (1753). Huds. F1. angl. 404 (1762). Weiss Cr. Goett. 

 187 (1770J. Neck. Meth. muse. 197 (1771). With. Bot. arr. ii, 672 (1776). Lightf. 

 Fl. scot, ii, 718 (1777). Relh. F1. eant. Suppl. 18 (1786). Abbot FI. Bedf.241 (1798). 

 Hull Br. fl. P. 2, 257 (1799). 



Phascum pyriforme Swartz Meth. muse. 25 (1781). 



Gymnosiomum pyriforme Hedw. Fund. II, 87 (1782), Sp. muse. 38 (1801). Roth Tent, 

 fl. germ, i, 453 (1788). Sibth. Fl. oxon. 274 (1794). Hoffm. Deutsch. fl. ii, 27 (1795). 

 Brid. Muse. ree. 11, P. I, 36 (1798), Sp. muse. I, 27 (1806), Mant. 14. 1819. Swartz 

 Muse. suec. 20 (1798). Roehl. Moosg. deutsch. 73 (1800), Deutsch. fl. iii, 39 (1813). 

 Sm. Fl. brit. 1160 (1804). Turn. Muse. hib. 11 (1804). P. Beauv. Prodr. 59 (1805). 

 Sturm Deutsch. fl. II, 8 (1805). Schultz Fl. starg. 279 (1806). Wee. Mohr Bot. 

 Tasch. 8 (1807). ScHKUHR Deutsch. cr. gew. P. II, 30, t. 12 (1810). Schwaeg. Supp. 

 I, P. I, 24(1811). VoiT muse. herb. 16 (1812). Mart. Fl. cr. erl. 120 (1817). Hook. 

 Tayl. Muse. br. 13, t. 7 (1818). Hartm. Skand. fl. 382 (1820). Wahlenb. Fl. upsal. i 

 389 (1820). Hook. Fl. scot. P. 2, 123 (1821), Br. fl. ii, 9 {1833). Funck. Moost. 6, t. 4 

 (1821). Gray Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 716 (1821). Nees Hsch. Bry. germ, i, 144, t. 10, f. 11 

 (1823). Hueben. Muse. germ. 45 (1833). 



Pottia pyriformis Ehrh. Beitr. i, 188 (1787). 



Gymnostomum longifoUum Schleich. Cat. pi. Helv. 4 ed. 40 (1821). Steud. Nomencl. 



192 (1824). 

 Gym. Physcomitrium pyriforme Brid. Bry. univ. i, 98 (1826). 



Physcomitrium pyriforme Brid. Bry. univ. ii, 815 (1827). Fuernr. in Flora xii, P. II, 

 Erganz. g (1829). Hampe in Flora xx, P. I, 285 (1837). De Not. Syllab. 282 (1838), 

 Epilogo 456 (i86g). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. Fasc. 11 (1841). C. Muell. Synops. i, 116 

 (1848). Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 87 (1848). WiLS. Bry. br. 275, t. 7 (1855). 

 ScHiMP. Synops. 313 (i860), 2 ed. 376. Berk. Handb. br. m. 174 (1863). Milde 

 Bry. siles. 23g (1869). Lindb. in Not. ur Saells. Fn. et Fl. fenn. xi, 4g (1870). Hobk. 

 Synops. 128 (1873). HuSN, Mouss. nord-ouest 115 (1873), Muse. gall. 213, t. 58 (1888). 

 JURATz, Laubm. oester.-ung. 194 (1882). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 197 (1884). 



