NECKERACEiE.] 222 [Hedwigia. 



Capsule on a pedicel as long as capsule, erect, obovate, reddish-brown ; 

 lid obliquely rostellate, yellow ; calyptra cucullate, annulus none. 

 Hab. — Inclined faces of rocks, not common. Fr. lo — ii. 



Near Glengariff, Ireland (Miss Huichins) ! ! Dolbadarn Castle, about Snowdon, near 

 Beddgelert and Llanrwst, N. Wales (Wilson). Near Loch Awe, Argyllshire (Dr. 

 Slirtmi) ! ! 



Sect. 2. EUHEDWIGIA Mitt. Mosses growing in cushioned tufts. Leaves 

 imbricated ; whitish-piliferous at apex. 



2. HEDWIGIA ALBICANS {Web.) Lindb. 



Autoicous ; leaves crowded, ovato-lanceolate, with diaphanous erose 

 points, glaucous. Perich. bracts larger, ciliated at the diaphanous points. 

 Capsule globose, immersed. (T. CXXIV, E.) 



SvN. — sphagnum cauUferum et ramosunt, saxalile, hirsutum, incanum, capitulis virentibus Dill. 

 Cat. Giss. 229 (1718), et in Ray Synops. 3 ed. 105 (1724). 



Sphagnum nodosum, hirsutum et incanum Dili. Hist, muse 246, t. 32, f. 5 (1741), et Herb. 



Bryum apocarpum /S. L. Sp. plant 1115 (1753). Weiss Crypt. Goett. 180(1770). Neck. 



Meth. muse. 199 (1771). With. Bot. arrang. ii, 670 (1776). Lightf. F1. Scot, ii, 716 



(1777)- 



Fontinatis albicans W'eb. Spic. fl. Goett. 38 (1778). Roth Tent. fl. Germ, i, 479 (1788). 



Bryum apocarpum incanum Ehrh. Hann. Mag. 1 780, p. 236. 



Hedungia apocarpa Leyss. Fl. Hall. no. 1049 ('783)- Roth Fl. Germ, i, 453, 



Hedwigia oium/om Ehrh. Hann. Mag. 1781, p. 1095, Beitr; i, 172 (1787). 



Hedwigia ciliala Ehrh. Msc. Hedw. Descr. i, 104, t. 40 (1787). Tihm Fl. Megap. no. 722 

 (1788). Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. I, 31, t. 1, f. 3 (1798). Roehl, Moosg. Deutsch. 52 

 (1800). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. II, S. 3, 152 (1848). Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 29—30 (1846). 

 WiLS. Bry. Brit. 146, t. 6 (1855). Schimp. Synops. 238 (i860), 2 ed. 283. Berk. Handb. 

 24s, t. 21 (1863). De Not. Epilogo 717 (1869). Milde Bry. Siles. 161 (1869). Hobk. 

 Synops. 76 (1873). JuRATZ. Laubm. Oesterr-Ung. 184 (1882). Lesq. Jahes. Moss. 

 N. Amer. 14^ (1884). HnsN. Muse. Gall. 142, t. 41 (1887). Dix. Tames. Stud. Handb. 

 160 (1896). 



Bryum sphagnoides J acq. CoUec. ii, 222 (1788). 



Bryum ciliaium Ghel. Syst. Nat. ii, 1331 (1791). Dicks. PI. crypt, jv, 6 (1801). 



Gymnostomum Hedwigia Schrank Fl. Salisb. no. 818 (1792). Hoffm. Deutsch. fl. ii, 28 

 (179s). Web. Mohr. Bot. Tasch. 78 (1807). 



(yymnoslomum dliatum Swartz Muse. Suec. 19 (1799). Sm. Fl. Brit. 1 168 (1804) Eng 

 Bot. t. 1 1 79. 



Anictangium dliatum Hedw. Sp. muse. 40 (1801). Turn. Muse. Hib. n (1804). Schultz 

 Fl. Starg. 277 (1806). Brid. Sp. muse. I, 22 (1806). Roehl. Ann. Wetter. Gesell. ii, 

 199 (1811), Deutsch fl. iii, 46 (1813). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. I, 38 (1811), Voit Muse, 

 herbip. 13 (l8i2). Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. 304 (1812), Fl. Carpat. 334 (1814), Fl. Upsal. 

 390 (1820). Hook. Tayl. Muse. Brit. 14, t. 6 (1818). Funck Moost. 7, t. 5 (1821). 

 Gray Nat arr. i, 713 (1821). 



Hedwigia diaphana P. Beauv. Prodr. 60 (1805). 



SckisUdium dliatum Brid. Mant. 21 (1819), Bry. univ. i, 116 (1826). Nees Hornch. Bry. 

 Germ, i, loi, t. 8, f. 5 (1823). Hueben. Muse. Germ. 30 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 

 277 (1838). 



Pilotrichum dliatum C. Muell. Syn. ii, 164 (1851). 



Hedwigia albicans Lindb. Muse. Scand. 40 (1879). Boulay Muse. Fr. 396 (1884). Lihpr. 

 in Raben. D. kr. fl. Laubm. i, 820, f. 209 (1889). 



