concave base, subulate, smooth, quite entire at margin, nerve semiterete,
faint at base, running out into a te re te papillose subula. Areolation at
apex v ery small, hexagono-quadrangular, larger a t base, rectangular in
th e middle, quadrate a t margin.
P e r ic h s t ium convolute, outer b ra c ts ob longo-lanceolate, erecto-
patent, nerveless at base, broadly nerved a t apex, inner convolute,
nerveless, elongate-oblong, shortly apiculate. Capsule oblong, brown,
short-necked. Male infl. an ovate bud, inner b ra c ts broadly ovate,
nerveless.
H a b .— A lpine rocks. Fr. 7-8.
Dewerstone rocks, Dartmoor {Holmes) ! ! Falcon dints, Teesdale (S(rticr 1853) . . Hebden
bridge [Hunt 1864) ! ! Soccoth hill, Arrochar {McKinlay 1866) ! ! Gnsedal^ Curnber-
land {Baker 1867) ! ! Near Buttermere {Hunt) \ ! Pen.y.Ghent, Yorks., and Tmt^wistle,
Cheshire {Whitehead 1868) ! ! Pont Aberglaslyn {Wilson 1869) M Cader Idns (Fcarsoii
1876) ! ! Tyn-y.Gros, Snowdon {Wild 1877) ! ! Dumyat, Stirling {Croall 1877) ! !
Upper Lough Bray, Ireland {Moore). Abergynalwyn {Whitehead 1879) ! !
Close as this stands to the next species it may readily be recognized^ by
the subulate point, composed apparently of the excurrent nerve, but which,
after treatment with caustic alkali, will be seen to have a border of a single
row of cells, which observed in the dry state by reflected light stand out as
papillse.
4. A. ROTHII. Weh. Mohr.
A u to ic o u s ; in b la ck tufts. L e a v e s divergent or secund, from an
ovate base, lanceolate, n e r v e d ; the nerve flattened, thin, vanishing a t
apex, with a more or less evident lamina quite to the point. {T. I I a )
SY-a.— fungcrmannia rupestris H u d s . FI. Angl. 436, n. 22 (1762) ; et 2 ed. ii, 516, n. 23 {1778).
W i t h e r . Bot. Arr. Br. Veg. ii, 698, n. 28 (1776). L i g h t f . FI. Scot. n, 787, n. 21 (1777^
W e b . Spic. FI. Gott. 154, n. 217 (1778). R e t z . FI. Scand. Prod. 221 (1779). R o th PI.
Germ, i, 485, n. 28 (1788). L a ic h a r d . Veg. Eur. 11, 657 (1791)- L i l j e b l . Svensk.
FI. 323 (1792). ScHRAD. Spic. FI. Germ. 75 (1794). M u r r . Syst. Veg. 803 (1798).
Andr. rupestris R o th Neue Beytr. i, 234, excl. syn. (1802). W e b . f. in W e b . M o hr
Archivf i, P. I, 125, t. IV, f. 2 (1804). W a h l e n b . FI. Lapp. 306, excl. syn. Eng. B.
(1812); et FI. Suec. 2 ed. ii, 810 (1833). S w a r t z Summ. Veg. Scand. 58 (1814). Sw.
in L i l j e b l . Svensk. FL 3 ed. 569 (1816). B r id . Mant. Muse. 206 (i8ig). W a h l b . PI.
Gothob. 112 (1824). F r ie s St. Agr. Femsjon. 29 (1825). S c h im p . Bry. Fur. vi, Mon.
21, T. IX (1855); Syn. Muse. Eur. 667 (1869), et 2 ed. 819 (1876). S u l l Moss. Un. St.
13 (1856). H a r tm . Skand. FI. 7 ed. (1858). M i l d e Bry. Siles. 257 (1869). H o b k .
Syn. Br. M. 22 (1873).
Andr. Rothii W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 386, t. 11, f. 7.9 (1807). H o o k . Tr. Lin. Soc. X,
393, t. 31, f. 3 {1810). Eng. Bot. t. 2162 excl. syn. Smithii (1810). S c h w /e g . buppl. I,
P. i, 43, et II, P. I , i g , t. 106 {1811-23). S m ith Comp. FI. Bnt. 3 ed. 163 {1818).
H o o k . T a y l . Muse. Brit. 2, t. 8 {18x8). H a r tm . Skand. FI. 380 (1820). H o o k . PI.
Scot. P. 2, 121 (1821). G r a y Nat. Arr. Br. PI. i, 709, n. 3 (1821). S p r e n g . Syst, V e p
IV, 216 (1827). B r id . Bry. Univ. ii, 730 (1827). S w a r t z Adnot. Bot. 182 (1829);
FI. Dan. t. 2125, f. i (1834). H o o k . Br. FI. ii, 5 (1833)- M a c k a y FI. Hib. P. 2, 7
(1836). G a r o v a g . Bry. Austr. exc. 10 (1840). A n g s t r . Disp. Muse. 23 (1842 .
F r i e s Summ. Veg. Scand. 97 (1846). R a b e n h . Deutsch. Krypt. PI. 11, P. 3. 72 (1848).
C. M u e l l . Syn. Muse, i, 9 (1849). T h e d e n . in Nya Bot. Not. 1849, 80. Z e t t e r s t .
Mon. Andr. Sc. 29 (1855). B e r k . Handb. Br. M. 310, t. 2, f. 7 (1863). D e N o t . Epil.
Briol. Ital. 748 (1869). L in d b . in Journ. Lin. Soc. xi, 460 (1870).
Jungerm. Rothii H u e b . Plepat. Germ. 304 (1834).
m onake rufescent or bla ckish fastigiate tufts. Stems
I dichotomous, d e n u d e d a t b a s e . L e a v e s p a t e n t ,
“ 4 w a r d a t a p e x o r f a l c a t o - s e c u n d , n e r v e d , f r o m a n o v a t e b a s e
curved upward at ap ^ semiterete, prominent
l i n e a l - l a n c e o l a t e , sm o o ,^ ^ g r a d u a l l y n a r r o w e d t o a p e x , w h e r e
at back, vanishing P ^
b“ " f t base r in u t e , subquadrate towards margin, lineal-rectangular
Th e f id d l e T e r i c ^ a i t i fm but sligh tly exserted, three outer bra cts
i t « » 1 - » p“ ”'- ■“ '■f ■ , 7 “
" “ i i ^ -»'p *•
apex, inner n e rve les s; paraphyses long, thickened.
H A B . - M o u n t a i n rocks, n o t rare. F n
England-Ecths moor, P^^aiice ^ Lydford, Devon
(Kiitfs) ! ! D a r tm o o r (Brnif) ! I Larnplord 10 , , (Baker)'.'. Buttermere
{Holmes) ! ! Micklefell and MazAeck , , capel Curig (Whalley) ! !
^h L i) '''■ Bird’s crag, Abergyndwjm P 7 ¿och Kandor
? i Z u \ l t 6 ) f r G Y f l c l n o . t J (Hunt) '. '. Mt, Shade, Strachan (Stm) ! ! Ireland
Cromaglown '{Lindberg) ! ! , .
one about which there can be no '«istake, and thi we
UohTs A . Rothii. The p la n t v a r ie s in s iz e , a n d IS g e n e ^ « „ p n e L l v
black color, but sometimes i t is rufous or olivaceous green, and g
less rigid than most of our species.
Var. ¡3. Frigida. (H u e b e n . ) L in d b .
Plants more robust, flexuose, prostrate in flat black rufescent or
purplish. Leaves broader, more solid, falcato-secund. Bracts of male intl.
broadly ovate.
SMH.-yungermannia frigida H u e b e n . Hepat. Germ. 3054- 4 (1834)-
Andr.grhnsulanaBpccHUSS.-DP. N o t , Epil. Briol. Ital. 748 (1869). H o b k . Syn. Br
M. 22.
Andr. Rothii fliiiar. rhuinci V\aa.ri.. alpina B r u c h MSS.
Andr. Rothii Var, grimsulana H o o k . W i l s . in Lond. Journ, Bot, 1844. 537-
Syn. Muse, i, 9.
C. M u e l l .
R e in s c h
byn. iviusc,. 1, g- .. i-. f q o\
Andr. nivalis Var. ¡3. frigida R a b e n h . Deutsch. Krypt. FI. n, P- 3- 72 (i 4 )■
Muse. Eur. exsicc. c. fig. _ v /? '
Andr. rupestris Var. /3 . grimsulana S c h im p . Bry. Eur. vi, Mon. 22, t.
667 ; et 2 ed. 819.
Andr. Rothii Var, ¡3. frigida. L in d b . in lit.
Syn. Muse.
H ab.— W et rocks at considerable elevations.
Ben-mac-dhui, Braemar; on rocks in a stream near the summit on the east side (^. Croati
1854) ! 1 Beamsley Fell near Ilkley, Yorkshire {Baker I858) . .