118 SYNOPSIS or BRITISH MOSSES. 



dry, lid convex, conical, obtuse, orange-red. [Dr. 

 Braithwaite, I.e., p. 197.] 



Quartz rocks. 



Cheyiots (Hardy) ; Cloch-na-ben (Sim) ; Glen Calla- 

 ter, &c. (Fergusson). 



218. G. torquata, Grev. {G. tarta, N. and H., Bry. 

 Brit.). Loosely tufted, elongate. St. 1 — 2 inches, 

 dicJiotomous, radiculose only at base. L. erecto-patent, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, spirally twisted when dry, chan- 

 nelled, upper hair-pointed, lower muticous, channelled, 

 margin plane. Fruct. not known. 



Alpine rocks. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. 



219. G. fnnalis, Schwgn. (G. spiralis, H. and T., 

 Bry. Brit.). Densely pulvinate. St. i — 1 inch, slender. 

 L. oblong or ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent, upper ones 

 tapering into a long hair-point, nerve not excurrent. 

 daps, ovoid, smooth, eight-furrowed when dry, lid 

 short, apiculate, orange-coloured, annulus large, com- 

 pound. Calyptra five-lobed at base. Perist. teeth 

 closely bifid, lacunose at apex. 



Dry alpine rocks. August — November. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. 



220. G. Muhleubeckii, Schpr. Loosely pulvinate and 

 csespitose. St. tall, erect or procumbent, dichotomous, 

 and rooting at base. L. densely crowded, patulous, 

 erect when dry, elongate-lanceolate, keeled with the 



-strong nerve, margin plane, lower with a short, upper 

 with a long, rough hair-point, with recurved teeth, 

 basal cells elongate, upper rounded, quadrate. Caps, 

 small, oval, glossy, rugulose when dry, yellowish-brown, 

 lid convex, with a short beak, red. [Dr. Braithwaite. 

 I.e., p. 197. Schp. Syn., p. 255.J July. 



