14. MUSCI. 359. Weissia. 
731 
Pl.cell.jbl. 
10. Weissia cirrata. Tendrilled weiss . 
Leaves broadly awlshape ; crisp when dry ; edges turned 
over; capsule ov ate ; lid beaked. 
Bryum trichoides exile, erectis capitulis in pediculis longioribus rubris, 
Dillen. in Raii Syn. 97, 25. 
Mnium cirrhatum, Lin. S. P. 1576. 
Weissia Dicksoni, Wilden. Berol. 303. 
Weissia cirrata, Hedw. S. Muse. 69. 
Encalypta cirrata, Swartz M. Sued 25. 
Afzelia cirrhata, E/irh. Crypt. 232. 
Bryum Dicksoni, Dickson Crypt. 3,4. 
On rails and posts, rarely on banks. 
11. Weissia curvirostra . Bentheak weiss . 
Leaves linear, awlshape; capsule ovate, cylindrical; lid 
beaked. 
Bryum stellare, lacustre, foliis rubris capillaceis, Dillen. Muse. 382. 
Grimmia recurvirostra, Roth Germ. 3, 144; Engl. Rot. 1438. 
Bryum curvirostrum, Dicks. Crypt. 2,7. 
Weissia recurvirostra, Hedw. S. Muse. 71. 
Bryum recurvirostrurn, Wither. Arr. 829. 
Bryum setaceum jS, Hudson Angl. 432. 
Weissia curvirostra, Hooker fy Taylor Muse. 46. 
On moist banks in woods. 
Resembles the tortulae, and accompanies them; leaves 
very stiff. 
12. Weissia crispula. Small-crisped weiss. 
Stem divided ; leaves broad at bottom, lanceolate, awl- 
shape, crisp when dry ; edges turned in ; capsule ovato- 
elliptical ; lid beaked. 
Weissia crispula, Hedw. S. Muse. 68 
Grimmia crispula, Turner M. Hib. 28 ; Engl. Bot. 2203. 
On rocks ; perennial ; summer. 
Resembles w. cirrata, but is smaller, and darker green. 
13. Weissia controversa. Controverted weiss. 
Stem nearly simple ; leaves linear, awlshape ; crisp when 
dry, edge turned in ; capsule ovate, elliptical ; lid beaked. 
Bryum trichoides exile, erectis capitulis in pedicellis brevissimis, Dillen. 
in Raii Syn. 97, 26. 
Grimmia controversa, Sibth. Ox. 277 ; Engl. Bot. 1367. 
Bryum virens, Dicks. Crypt. 1, 4. 
Bryum viridulum, Huds. Angl. 478. 
Weissia controversa, Hedwig Crypt. 3,5. 
On banks. 
