FuNARiACE^.J 134 [Fumria. 



4. FTJNARIA CALCAREA Wahlenb. 



Autoicous; leaves obovate-oblong, suddenly apiculate, margin 

 obtusely senate, nerve vanishing. Caps, shortly pyriform, not annulate, 

 smooth. (T. LXV, D.) 



Syn. — Funaria calcarea Wahlenb. in Vet. ak. handl. xxvii, 137, t. 4, f. 2 (1806). Web. Mohr 

 Bot. Tasch. 380 (1807). Hartm. Skand. fl. (1820). Schimp. Synops. 320 (i860), 2 ed. 

 382. LiNDB. in Oefvers. vet. akad. foerh. xx, 398 {1863). HusN. Mouss. nord-ouest 

 116 (1873), Muse. gall. 216, t. 58 (1888). JURATz. Laubm. oester.-ung. 242 (1882). 

 BouLAY Muse, de Fr. 298 (1884). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 146 (1884). 



Funaria Muehhnbergii (non Hedw. f.) Turn, in Konig Sims Ann. Bot. ii, 198 (1806). 

 ScHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. II, 78, p. p. (1816). Brid. Sp. muse. Ill, 68, p. p. (1817), Bry. 

 univ. ii, 55, p. p. (1827). Hook. Tayl. Muse. brit. 6g, p. p., t. 20 (1818). Hook. Fl. scot. 

 II, 136 (182 1), Br. fl. 52 (1833). HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 498 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 

 144 (1838). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fase. 11, p. 6, p. p., t. i (1841). C. Muell. Synops. i, 

 109 p. p. (1848). Rabenh. Deutseh. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 89, p. p. (1848). Spruce in Ann. 

 Mag. n. h. 2 ser., iii, 371 (1849). WiLS. Bry. brit. 271, p. p., t. 20 (1855). Bertol. 

 Fl. ital. erypt. 305 (1859). Berk. Handb. Br. m. 177, (1863). HoBK. Synops. 

 126 (1873). 



Funaria hibernica Hook, in Curt. Fl. Lond. 2 ed. (1817). Hook. Tayl. Muse. br. 69, 

 p. p., t. 20. Brid. Bry. univ. ii, 56 (1827). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. 1. c. t. 2. C. Muell. 

 Syn. i, no. Wils. Bry. br. 270, t. 20. Bertol. Fl. ital. er. 306. Schimp. Synops. 

 322. De Not. Epilogo 450. Husn. Mouss. nord-ouest 116. 



Funaria mediterranea Lindb. in Oefv. v. akad. foerh. xx, 399 (1863). Milde Bry. siles. 197 

 (1869). De Not. Epilogo 449 (1869). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 201 (1884). 



Autoicous ; laxly csespitose with short stems. Lower leaves remote, 



oblongo-lanc, deflexed, upper erecto-patent, obovate-oblong, more or 



less suddenly acuminate, with a slender apiculus or flexuose subula ; 



margin in the upper half obtusely serrate, or nearly entire, nerve 



yellowish, vanishing below apex. Seta erect, reddish, twisting to the 



left or sometimes also to the right at the top ; caps, turgid, shortly 



pyriform, suberect, gibbous,, leptodermous, brownish-yellow, finally 



reddish-brown, and contracted below the mouth ; annulus none, lid 



convex-conic, reddish at margin; teeth lanc.-subulate, bright red, 



processes of endostome lanceolate, f the length of teeth, spores large, 



verrucose. 



Hab. — Rocks and walls in limestone districts. Fr. 4 — 5. 



Sussex Downs (Borrer). Malham, Yorks. {Nowell 1856). Matlock and Millers dale 

 (Wilson) ! ! Levens (Barnes) ! ! About Cork and Blarney (Taylor). 



Var. /3. patula Br. Sch. 



Stem more slender, leaves patent, with short points, entire at margin. 



Syn. — Funaria Fontanesii Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 80, p. p., t. 66 (1816). Brid. Bry. 

 univ. ii, 56. 



Funaria neglecta De Not. MSS. 



Hab. — Same localities as the type. 



St. Vincent's rocks (Thwaites 1843). Worthing and Torquay (Mrs. Robertson 1859) I 

 Plymouth (Holmes 1868). 



The two species here brought together have both been referred to a 

 third — F. Mmhlenhergii — an American moss which appears to be distinct. 



