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71. WEBERA, Eedw. 



Sub-genus 1. Pohlia. 

 Comal much longer than stem leaves. Caps, long- 

 necked, narrowly pyriformj suberect or cernuous, 

 internal peristome with the cilia very short or absent. 



a- Monoicous. Male flower gemmiform, terminal. 



328. W. acuminata, Hoppe. St. i— 1 inch, simple 

 or branched. L. rigid, lower ovate-lanceolate, upper 

 linear-lanceolate, larger, margins recurved below, 

 nerved to serrulate apex, sometimes secund. Caps, 

 almost horizontal, narrowly clavate, arcuate, tapering 

 at base, lid sharply conical. (Thei-e are many varieties.) 



Crevices of rocks and mountainous districts. 



August. 

 b. Antheridia hypogynous, axillary. 



329. "W. polymorpha, E. and H. St. \—\ inch, 

 seldom branched. L. lower ovate-lanceolate, small, 

 scattered, upper oblong, lanceolate, longer, crowded, 

 apex in all serrate. Caps, oblong, pyriform, horizontal 

 or drooping, with a short neck, slightly constricted at 

 mouth when dry, lid mammillate. Perist. cilia almost 

 absent. 



Scotch and Welsh mountains, &c. Summer. 



330. W. elongata, Dicks. St. 5 — 1 inch, one inno- 

 vation from floral apex. L. lower ovate-lanceolate, 

 scattered, upper longer, linear-lanceolate, all serrate at 

 apex, margin recurved to middle, apical cells linear, 

 subvermiform, basal hexagono-rectangular, nerve ex- 

 current into a subula. Caps, very long and slender, 

 clavate or elliptic, with a long, distinct neck, inclined, 

 upright when dry, lid convex, obliquely beaked. Inner 

 perist. with cilia, sometimes rudimentary. 



