Hypnace.e.] 122 [Lesquereuxia. 



he could also find H. filamentosum Dicks, it would clear up the whole matter 

 so far as the two species are concerned. Dr. Hagen kindly sent for my 

 inspection the specimen collected by Mr. Smith, and also a fine tuft in fruit, 

 from Trondjhem, 



4. LESaUERETJXIA SAXICOLA Molendo. 



Dioicous ; in prostrate 3-elIowish-green glossy patches. Stem 

 filiform, pinnate, branches arcuate-ascending. Stem-leaves secund, oval 

 at base, lanceolate-subulate, plicate, margin recur%ed, entire ; cells 

 narrow-lineal, capsule longish oval, erect, rufous. (T. CVII, F.) 



Syn. — Lesctircea striata Var. p. saxicola Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 46—47, p. 3, t. i, fig. 12 et p, 

 (1851). ScHiMP. Synops. 511 (i860), 2 ed. 6>i. Milde in Bot. Zelt. 1861 Beil. 18. 

 HusN. Muse. gall. 312 (i8g2). Dix. James. Stud. Handb. 312 (i8g6). 



Anomodon striatiis Var. j3. saxicola Hartm. Skand. Fl. 8 ed. 331 (1861). 



Lescuma saxicola MoLENDo in LoRENTz Moosstud. 144, 147 et 149 (1864). Milde Bry. 

 siles. 288 (i86g). Lindb. Muse. Scand. 36 (1879). Limpr. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. 

 ii, 792, fig. 347 (1895). 



Leskca airovirevs ? Lindb. in Bot. Notis. 1865, p. 74 in nota. 



Pseudoleshea siil>falcata Schimp. in herb. Lorentz. 



Lescuraa insignis De Not. Epilogo 216 (1869). 



Isothccitim striatum /S. saxicola Boclay Muse. Fr. 143 (1884). 



Dioicous ; prostrate in flat 3-ellowish-green glossy patches. Stem 

 filiform, closely adherent to rock, pinnate, branches arcuate-ascending, 

 commonly falcate at apex ; paraphyllia small, subulate. Stem-leaves 

 secund, oval at base, lanceolate-subulate, concave plicate, margin recurved, 

 entire or slightly serrate at apex ; branch-leaves smaller, secund, lanceolate, 

 obliquely pointed, with a single plait near the margin, and sometimes in 

 old lea^•es a second pair nearer the ner\e, serrulate at point ; nerve ending 

 near the apex. Cells narrow and lineal, 5 — 8 times as long as broad, at 

 basal angles upward 5 or 6 rows of quadrate cells. Perichaetial bracts 

 sheathing, lanceolate-subulate, with a slender ner\'e ; seta purple, capsule 

 longish-oval, erect rufous, lid conical, orange ; peristome 3-ellow, the 

 teeth lineal-subulate, endostome a yellow basal membrane with filiform 

 processes and no cilia. 



Hab.— On broken pieces of rock, very rare. 



Xear the summit of Ben Lawers {West 1880) ! 



The allied species L. mutabilis (Brid.) Lindb. = L. striata (Schwaeg.) 

 ScHiMP. has straight branches with leaves spreading on all sides, broadly 

 lanceolate, gradually acuminate and symmetric (figured at L. m.), and is 

 most frequent in S. and Central Europe. 



