WEISSIA. 



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Folia mngis acuminata et operculum magis planum quam in 



figura, Hook. etTayl. Muse. Britt t 14. 

 Planta a Weissia proculdubio segregauda. 



Habitus omnino Gymnostomi, a quo ob peristomii dentes oper- 

 eulo detruso fugacissimos caute distinguendum. 



Vix Eremodon longieollis, Bird. Bryol. univ. 1. 234. ob venam 

 evanidam. 



1. Capsule and operculum. 



2. Portion of capsule and peristome seen internally. 



3. Portion of peristome much magnified. 

 3a. Tooth of peristome of variety. 



4. Operculum. 



5. Calytra. 



6. 6. Anthers. 



7 3 7- Leaves. — //. Ass, 514. 



. Weissia bartramioides, Griff. PI. LXXVIII. Fig. III. 



Caule fasciculatim ? fastigiatim ramoso, foliis (siccitate recti.*) 

 adpressis lanceolatis acuminatissimis solidiveniis perichcetiali- 

 bus aristatis, capsular erectaB globosae vel ovato-globosae ore 

 valide constricto. 



Hab: Itupes arenosae ad Churra Punjee, Surureem, et Boga- 

 pauee. Crespitosa. Caulis ascendens, apice fastigiatim ra- 

 niosus, vix semuncialis. 



Pv ami subclavati, extrorsum curvati, 



Folia caulis subdistantia, ramorum densissime imbricata acumi- 

 natissima, fere pilifera, acumiuibus deuticulatis, interdum 

 apice diaphanis, percursa vena crassa breviter excurrente, 

 marginibus leviter revolutis, areolis oblongis parallelogramicis. 



Flos, hermaphroditus, terminalis, gemmiformis, foliis perichceti- 

 alibus conformibus in cuspidem piliformem acuminatis, vena 

 longe excurrenti. Antlierre paucre, pallide lutescentes, ob- 

 longee, breviter stipitatre, apice dehiscentes, cellulis irregula- 

 ribus areolata3. Paraphyses subnullee. Pistilla antheris nu- 

 merosiora, longiuscule stipitata. 



Seta terminalis, subsemuueialis, fuscescens, sicca tortilis. 



Vaginula mediocris. 



