ENCALYPTA. 1 1 3 



Limestone walls, rocks, &c. . March, April. 



Var. ^. Perist. none. L. apiculate (common). 

 Var. 7. Perist. none. L. obtuse and concave at 

 apex. 



Var. S. Perist. none. L. obtuse. Caps, oblique. 

 Var. e. Perist. none. L. piliferous. 



205. E. rhabdooarpa, Schw. St. \ — 1 incli, radiciilose. 

 L. spreading, erect and crisped when dry, oblong- 

 lanceolate, nerve generally more or less excurrent into 

 a mucro, margins crenulate with papillse above. Caps, 

 narrowly ovate or ovate cylindric, striate, ribbed when 

 dry. Perist. persistent. Calyptra slightly toothed at 

 base, roughish at apex, yellow. Monoicous. 



Mountains in Scotland and Ireland. July, August. 



206. E. ciliata, Hedw. St. about | inch, radiculose. 

 L. oblong-ovate, margin recurved below, and toothed 

 near apex, strongly verruculose, gradually tapering to 

 a point formed by the excurrent nerve, undulate. 

 Caps, cylindrical, elongate, smooth. Perist. persistent. 

 Calyptra fringed at base. Monoicous. 



Subalpine rocks. June, July. 



c. Peristome double. 



207. E. streptocarpa, Hedw. St. 1 — 2 inchesj radi- 

 culose. L. suberect, ligulate, obtuse and cucuUate at 

 apex, nerve not excurrent; per. 1. lanceolate-subulate 

 from an ovate base. Caps, oblong, narrowed above, 

 spirally striate, and twisted when dry. Perist. outer 

 teeth filiform, inner cilia. Calyptra toothed or fringed 

 at base, and roughened at apex. Dioicous. 



Limestone and mortared walls. Rare in fruit. 



August. 



