WEBEEA. 165 



neckj inclined on a loiig, red setaj lid conical, pointed. 

 Barren fl. terminal. Inner perist. with cilia. Annulus 

 distinct, compound. 



Sandy banks and quarries. May, June. 



334. W. Ludwigii, Spreng. St. about 1 incb, decum- 

 bent and blackish below; st. 1. remote, lower ovate, 

 muticous, passing upwards into ovate-lanceolate and 

 lanceolate, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed below, 

 nerve purple, vanishing below apex, cells lax, rhom- 

 boid. Caps, obovate-pyriform, subpendulous on a 

 reddish, slender seta, 1 inch long, lid mammillate. 

 Perist. teeth large, yellow, internal membrane pale, 

 with bi-ternate cilia. 



Scotch and Welsh mountains. September. 



Var. /3. ELATA, Sclip. St. 2 — 3 inches. L. ovate- 

 lanceolate, much acuminate, apex serrate, when dry 

 contracted, subflexuose. 



[N.B. — This species seems to be identical with W. 

 Breidleri, Jur., of ed. 1, p. 187, and its var. is W. 

 Schimperi, Wils., on same page.j 



335. W. carnea, L. St. j inch, csespitose, reddish. 

 L. lower ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower, all serrate 

 at apex, and loosely reticulate, margin not reflexed, 

 nerve reddish. Caps, ovate-oblong or shortly pyriform, 

 on a thick, succulent, reddish seta, sharply curved at 

 summit, lid large, convex, shortly pointed. Annulus 

 none. Perist. large, dark-coloured when dry, internal 

 membrane and cilia shining. 



Moist clay banks. April. 



336. W. Tozeri, 6rev. {Epipterygium, Lind.). St. 

 5 — \ inch, gregarious. L. lower remote, obovate, 

 narrow, reddish, upper crowded, longly acuminate, 

 apiculate, all bordered, entire, nerved (reddish) half- 



