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WEISSIA MIELICHOFERI,
JVe'issia caule dense caespitoso elongate ramoso, foliis
anguste lanceolatis subserrulatis rigidis, nervo crasso,
seta elongata, capsula erecta pyriformi, operculo co-
nico. ( T a b . CI.)
Weissia Mieliclioferiana. Funk, (fide Hornsch. inlitt.)
H a b. In valle Grosarl in alpibus Salisburgensibus legit D , Prof.
Hornschuch.
Caules bi-trilineares ad unciales, erecti, dense caespitosi, ramosi,
ramis brevibus, erecto-patentibus, apicibus subacutis. Folia
undique imbricata, erecto-patentia, luteo-viridia, inferiora fus-
Ceseentia,omnia anguste-lanceolata, rigida, vixserrulata, nervo
valido intense rufo-fusco, ad apicem usque attingente praedita.
Perichcetialia longiora, magis angusta, atque colore palli-
diora. Sela, e ramulis brevibus, gracilis, pollicaris, erecta,
flexuosa. Capsula flavo-fusca, erecta, vel paululum inclinata,
oblongo-pyriformis, infra medium subcontracta et quasi apo-
physata, ore annulato. Operculum conicum, obtusum. Pe-
ristoinium e dentibus sedecim pallide flavescentibus, distauti-
bus, a basi latiore sensim attenuatis, transversim striatis et quasi
articulatis, articulis medio contractis.
Weissia Mielichoftri, though it has truly the peristome of that
genus, yet departs from it considerably in habit, and at the first
aspect might rather seem to claim some affinity with the Brya.
The leaves are peculiarly rigid, a circumstance arising from
the thickness of the nerve ; and ^the capsule is remarkably pyri-
form, resembling greatly that of W. Templetoni, near to which
species it ought to take its place in the genus.
Fig. 1, tufts of plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3.
leaf. Fig. 4, pericheetial leaf. Fig. 5, capsule. Fig. 6, portion of
a capsule with the teeth of the peristome. Fig. 7, operculum
with a portion of the annuUis adhering to it.—magn.
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