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V /E I S S IA SPLACHNOIDES.
Splachnoid Weissia.
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C l a s s a n d O k d e b CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI, L in n N a t . O e d . M U SC I, Jms.
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Seta terminalis. Peristomium simplex, e dentibus sexdecim, integris, (Bquidistan-
libus. Calyptra dimidiata.—H o o k .
Fruitstalk terminal. Peristome simple, of sixteen entire equidistant teeth.
Calyptra dimidiate.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
W eissia sp la c h n o id e s ; yoiies lingulatis, reticulatis, apice rotundatis, nervo ante
apicem evanescente ; theca pyriformi, operculo conico.
W. leaves lingulate, reticulated, the apex rounded, the nerve disappearing
below the summit; theca pyriform, the lid conical.
W eissia splachnoides, Thunb. MSS.— Schwaegr. Sp. Muse. Suppl. p. 6 3 .1 .17.
— Brid. Sp. Muse. Suppl p . m . } — Wahl F l Lapp. p. 326— Brid. Meth.
p. 45.—Hook. 4- T a y l Muse. B r il p. 42. t. 14.—Hook. F l Scol 2. p. 130.
—Ejusd. in F l Lond. (New Series) t. 192. opt.— Funck, Deutschl Moose,
t. 9. f. 1.
G R iM M iA splachnoides, Smith, Engl. Bot. quoad thecas naturas; excl. descript.
Splachnum lin g u la tum , Dicks. Crypl fasc. 4. p. 4. t. 10. f. 6 Smith, F l
Brit. p. 1177-—Ejusd. E n g l Bot. t. 2095— Biid. Sp. Muse. v. 1. p. 143.
—Ejusd. Meth. p. 105.
H ab. Wet boggy declivities at a considerable elevation on the Scottish
mountains. “ Scottish Alps,” D ickson. Ben Lawers, G. D on. Ben
Lomond, D. D on. Near Loch-na-cat on Ben Lawers, Messrs H ooker
and T revelyan. Found on the same mountain subsequently by Mr
A rno tt ; and afterwards by the same gentleman, along with Messrs
H ooker and G reville, not only on Ben Lawers, b u t also at the base
of the rocks forming the summit of Ben Cruachan and Mealgreadha,
in the utmost profusion. July.
Stems 1 -4 inches in le n g th , fo rm in g dense lev e l tu fts , o ften o f m an y inches
in b re a d th , som ew h a t b ra n c h ed , d e cum b en t, an d o f a ric h b lackish-
b row n a t th e base, above, fine d eep gre en . Leaves loosely im brica ted,
e re c to -p a ten t, lin g u la te , obtuse a t th e apex, re ticu la ted , th e m a rg in very
en tire , s lig h tly u n d u la te d , n e rv e d is ap p e a rin g a little below th e summ
i t ; th o se o f th e pe richm tium n o t differing from th e cauline ones.
Fruitstalk above an in c h long, red , s lig h tly fiexuose. Theca erect, p y riform,
g re e n ish -b row n , somewhat c o n tra c ted below th e m id d le , m a rk in g
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