122 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



Moncrieff Hill, Perth (Dr. Stirton) ; Dunkeld (Dr. 

 B. White) ; Clova, in fr. (Fergusson) ; &c. 



229. 6. montana, B. and 8. St. slender, dichotomous. 

 L. erecto-patentj from an oval-oblong base, lanceolate, 

 with a long hair-point, very concave, margin erect, 

 basal cells diaphanous, qnadrato-hexagonal, above 

 minute, rounded, thickened, opaque. Caps, erect, on 

 a short seta, ovate, small, brown, very smooth, lid 

 obliquely rostrate. Calyptra large, long-beaked, an- 

 nulus simple. Perist. teeth irregularly torn. [Dr. 

 Braithwaite, I.e., 199. Sch. Syn., 264.] 



Sandstone and granite rocks. Spring. 



Deeside, Aberdeenshire, 1869 (Prof . Barker and Mr. 

 Eoy) ; Bolt Head, Devonshire, in fruit (Mr. Holmes). 



230. G. TJngeri, Juratzha. Compact, irregular, 

 blackish-green, hoary tufts. St. short, simple or 

 dichotomous. L. erecto-patulous, lower smaller, mu- 

 ticous, upper larger, lanceolate, from an obovate base, 

 ending in a long, smooth hair-point, margin plane, 

 basal cells quadrate, hyaline, above quadrate, then 

 opaque and indistinct. Caps, small, oval, smooth, 

 without annulus, exserted on an erect, pale brown seta, 

 lid conical, obtuse. Calyptra cucuUate. Monoicous. 

 [Dr. Braithwaite, I.e., 198. Sch. Syn., 853.] 



On earth in crevices of rocks at 1600 feet at Ballater 

 (Rev. J. Fergusson). 



c. Calyptra lobato-cucullate. 



231. G. elongata, Kaulfuss. In loose, cushioned 

 tufts, black below, innovations olive-green, with hoary 

 tips. St. slender, repeatedly dichotomous, naked 

 below, without radicles. L. patulous, lower lanceolate, 

 muticous, upper elongate-lanceolatej obtuse, with the 



