ANDBE^A.. 45 



p. 21. St. tall, 1 — 3 inches, densely tufted, with long 

 f astigiate branches. L, imbricate, spreading, chocolate- 

 brown, obovate, almost panduriform, apex acute, den- 

 ticulate at base; per. 1. larger, elliptic, sheathing, 

 ovate-oblong acute, convolute. 



Alpine rocks. May, June. 



Var. /8. COMPACTA, Hooh. Tufts dense, blackish - 

 purple. Br. equal. L. closely imbricate. Br. 



Ben Nevis ; Great Glydr, N. Wales. 



Var. 7. rLAViCANs, Hooh. Elongate, filiform. L. 

 yellowish, loosely imbricate. Br. 



Summit of Ben Nevis. 



4. A. nivalis, Hooh., Braith. M. Fl. p. 15, t. 26. St. 

 long, tufted, slender. L. reddish-brown, faloato-secund, 

 lanceolate-subulate, acute, gradually tapering and 

 nerved to apex, densely papillose on both sides. 

 Dioicous. 



Alpine rocks. July, August. 



Ben Nevis, Ben Cruachan, and Ben McDhui. 

 Var. j8. FuscEscENS, Hooh. More flexuose. L. more 

 strongly falcate. ' 



Ben Nevis ; Ben McDhui. 



b, L. nerved. 



5. A. Eothii, W. and M., Braith. M. PL, p. 10, t. 2a 

 {A. rupestris, ed. 1, p. 22). St, scarcely ^ inch, loosely 

 tufted, almost black. L. imbricate, falcato-secund, 

 longly subulate from an ovate base, nerve thin, flat, 

 vanishing at apex; per. 1. larger, inner convolute, 

 nerveless. 



Alpine and subalpine rooks. June, July. 



Devon and Cornwall ; Yorkshire ; Cumberland ; N. 

 Wales; Scotland; Cromagloun, Ireland.. 



