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5. "W. cruda, Schimp.; synoicous or dioicous; stem simple; 

 upper leaves crowded, lineari-lanceolate, toothed above, flexu- 

 ous ; nerve ceasing below the toothed apex ; sporangium ob- 

 long, frequently ventricose; lid convex, apiculate. — Hook, fy 

 Wils. t. xxviii. ; Eng. Bot. t. 1604. ; {Moug. §■ Nest. n. 512.) 



Rocks or banks, especially in alpine districts. Bearing fruit 

 in summer. 



Forming glaucous patches. Stem reddish, simple or with 

 basal innovations ; lowest leaves broadly ovali-lanceolate, the 

 next ovato-lanceolate, the terminal ones only very narrow, not 

 twisted or crisped when dry, reddish at the base ; sporangium 

 often gibbous and irregular ; cilia appendiculate. The finest 

 species of the genus Webera. 



6. "W. annotina, Schwceg. ; dioicous ; loosely tufted ; stem 

 erect ; branches elongated, straight, bulbiferous ; leaves, es- 

 pecially the upper, more or less lanceolate, toothed at the 

 apex ; margin reflexed below;, sporangium subpendulous, ob- 

 longo-pyriform ; lid apiculate. — Hook, 8f Wils. t. xlvii. ; Eng. 

 Bot. t. 2856. ; (Moug. Sf Nest. n. 928.) 



In sandy ground. Bearing fruit in early summer. 



Forming yellowish patches. Stem very short ; innovations 

 elongated and slender ; leaf-cells moderately large ; sporan- 

 gium pale-red when young, dark-red when old, constricted 

 when dry beneath the mouth. 



The little bulbs are very characteristic. 



7. W. carnea, Schimp. ; dioicous ; lower leaves lanceolate 

 or ovato-lanceolate ; upper lineari-lanceolate, toothed at the 

 apex; nerve vanishing below the toothed apex;' leaf-cells 

 rather large ; fruitstalk thick and succulent, bent immediately 

 below the neck of the ovato- oblong subpendulous sporangium; 

 lid convex, apiculate ; peristome large ; ring none. — Hook. Sf 

 Wils. t. xxix.; Eng. Bot. t. 360.; (Moug. fy Nest. n. 1021.) 



