Bartramiace^.J 209 [Philonotis. 



SvN. — Glyphocarpa? cemua WiLS. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii, 383 (1841). Name only. 



liartramidula Wilsoni Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 29—30, p. 3, t. i (1846). WiLS. Eng. Bot. 

 Suppl. t. 2919 (1847), ^'■y- '"■''• 276, t. 52 (1855). SCHIMP. Synops. 423 (i860), 2 ed. 516. 

 Berk. Handb. br. m. 173 (1863). Hobk. Synops. 128 (1873). Husn. Muse. gall. 267, 

 t. 74 (1890). LiMPR. in Raben. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 555 (1893). 



Bartramia Wilsoni C. Muell. Synops. i, 479 (1849). 



Bartramidula cemua Lindb. Oefv. Vet.-Ak. Foerh. 1863, No. 7. 



Synoicous ; small slender procumbent at base, in little pale green 

 lax tufts. Leaves erecto-patent or subsecund, lanceolate, acute smooth, 

 margin flat, denticulate above ; cells lax, elongate rectangular above, 

 wider at base ; nerve ending below the point. Caps. 2 — 5 in one 

 perichsetium, very soft, globoso-pyriform with a short neck, on an 

 arcuate seta, cernuous, pale brown, not striate, wrinkled when dry ; lid 

 very small plano-convex ; peristome none. 



Hab. — Heathy ground on mountains, rare. Fr. 10. 



Connor hill. Dingle (Wilson 1829) ! Knockavohila, Kenmare (Taylor). Cwm Bychan, 

 Harlech (Rev. T. Salwey 1841) ! Glen Dole, Clova (Croall). 



Except in the stations quoted, this pretty little moss has only been 

 recorded from the island of Fernando Po (Mam) ; its delicate capsule is usually 

 tinged with pink when growing, but this is lost in drying. About 30 species 

 of this group are known. 



2. PHILONOTIS RIGIDA Brid. 



Autoicous; densely, csespitose, glossy. Leaves erect, straight, 

 lanceolate, serrulate with excurrent nerve. Caps, obliquely cernuous, 

 striate. (T. LXXVII, C.) 



Syn. — Philonotis rigida Brid. Bry. univ. ii, 17 (1827). Schimp. Synops. 424 (i860), 2 ed. 

 517. De Not. Epilogo 259 (1869). Juratz. Laubm. oepter.-ung. 331 (1882). Boul. 

 Muse, de Fr. Z17 (1884). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 149 (1884J. Husn. Muse. gall. 268, t. 

 74 (1890). LiMPR. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Luabm. ii, 558 (1893). 



Bartramia rigida Bals. De Not. Pugill. muse. I (1833). De Not. Syllab. 102 (1838). 

 Br. Sch. Bry. eur. Fasc. 12, p. 20, t. 11 (1842). C. Muell. Synops. i, 471 (1849). 

 WiLS. Bry. brit. 278, t. 52 (1855). Berk. Handb. br. m. 171 (1863). Hobk. Synops. 

 129 (1873). 



Autoicous ; in small tufts, glossy brownish green above and dense 

 reddish tomentum at base. Stem short, vaguely and fasciculate 

 branched below the inflorescence, fragile.. Leaves crowded erecto- 

 patent, appressed when dry, rigid, lanceolate, shortly aristate 

 with the stout excurrent nerve, margin sharply serrated, slightly 

 reflexed ; cells papillose at upper end, narrowly rectangular above, laxer 

 and wider at base. Perich. bracts few, shorter than vaginula, from a 



