GRIMMIA acuta.
Sharp-pointed Grimmia.
J & cS
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Fringe simple, o f 16 teeth, broadest at
their base. Flowers terminal. Veil cylindrical.
S pec. Char. Leaves awl-shaped, with a capillary point.
Capsule ovate, with a spreading mouth. Lid with
a taper oblique point.
Syn. Grimmia acuta. Sm. FI. Brit. 1192. Turn.
Muse. Hib. 29.
Weisia acuta. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 71. Crypt, v. 3. 85.
t. 35.
Bryum acutum. Huds. 484. With. 823. Hull. 260.
Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 17. 20.
B. verticillatum. Lightf. 733. Huds. ed. 1. 411,
B. pilosum, Sphagni subulati facie. Dill. Muse. 374.
t. 47. / . 34.
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A b u n d a n t on the Scottish and Welch alps. Our specimens
were sent from the mountains of Mourne in Ireland, in
June 3 805, by Mr. Templeton.
The stems form perennial soft silky tufts, and are slender,
somewhat branched, generally about 3 inches high, leafy.
Leaves rather curved to one side, of a yellowish or brownish
green, shining, awlshaped, broad at the base, entire, single-
ribbed, ending in a capillary, but not white or pellucid, point.
They never become curled or crisped by drying. Fruitstalks
lateral, (from the lengthening of the branch immediately after
flowering), sheathed at the base with leaves, erect, red or
green, slender, twisted when dry. Capsule upright, ovate,
smooth, taper at the base, its mouth more or less dilated. Lid
as long as the capsule, awlshaped, slender, curved. Fringe
red. Veil brown.