ANDRiEA alpina.
Chocolate Alpine Andrcea.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, very short. F r in g e simple, of 4
incurved teeth, cohering at their tips, and bearing
the lid and veil. .
Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, concave, imbricated every
way.
Syn. Andrasa alpina. Sm. F I . B r i t . 1179.
Andreasa alpina. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 49.
A . rupestris. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 47. t. 7 . / 2?
A. petrophila. E h rh . Crypt. 67. B e i tr . v. 1.180.
and 192.
Jungermannia alpina. L in n . Sp. P I . 1601. Huds. 517.
W i th . 882. H u ll. 281. L ig h t / . 787. Dicks. H.
S ic c ./ a s c . 3. 2 S.
Lichenastrum alpinum atro-rubens teres, calycibus
squamosis. D i l l . Muse. 506. t. 73. f . 39.
T h i s is found like the last in the crevices of Alpine rocks.
It agrees with that in size and habit, but is more invariably of
a very dark brown colour approaching to black. It is also
essentially distinguished by the leaves being concave, not
keeled nor sickle shaped, and closely imbricated every way,
never in any degree curved to one side. Those which invest
the fruit-stalk are blunt with a little point. The capsule is
brown, teeth purplish black, crowned with the withered veil
and lid.
Mr. Turner first suggested to us that Hedwig seems to have
figured and described this for the rupestris. We did indeed
find his figure and description incorrect, but dare not suspect
such a mistake.
The place of the Andrcea is before Tetraphis in the natural
arrangement. Ehrhart named it after Mr. Andrea an apothecary
of Hanover. We think one e out of his Andrecea may
be well spared.