E N C A L Y P T A ciliata.
Fringed Fxtinguisher-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, cylindrical. Fringe o f 16 linear
upright teeth. Veil campanulate, inflated, wide.
Spec. Char. Veil toothed at the margin. Stem branched.
Leaves lanceolate.
Syn. Encalypta ciliata. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 61. Sm. Fl.
Brit. 1181. Turn. Muse. Hibem. 18.
Leersia ciliata. Hedw. Crypt, v. 1. 49. t. 19.
Bryum extinctorium/3. Linn. Sp. P i. 1581. Huds. 476.
With. 817. Hull. 258. Lightf. 719.
B. calyptra extinctorii figura, majus et ramosum. Dill.
Muse. 350. t. 45. f . 9.
.A NATIVE of rocky mountainous places, specimens of
which gathered near Ripon, Yorkshire, have been sent us by
Mr. W. Brunton junior. It is found in fruit in the summer
season, and is perennial.
This species differs from the more common Encalypta vulgaris
(figured by the name of Bryum extinctorium in our
8th vol. i. 558) in being generally of a larger size, with taller
and more branching stems, but particularly in having a longer
and more slender point to the veil, and in the border of that
part being curiously fringed with an indeterminate number of
flat membranous teeth, which whfn numerous are narrow,
when few broad. These two latter circumstances are enough
to fix the species. We alluded to it in p. 558, when under
some doubts whether it were more than a variety.