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F U N A R IA Muhlenbergii.
Hair-pointed Cord-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, obovate. Outer f r in g e of 16 oblique
teeth, cohering at their tips: inner of 16 flat teeth.
Flowers terminal. Veil beaked.
Spec. Char. L e av e s co n c av e , fin ely s e rra te d , hair-
p o in te d . C a p su le o b liq u e . Veil cy lin d ric a l. L id
slig h tly con ica l.
Syn. F u n a r ia M u h le n b e rg ii. Turn, in Annals o f Bo ta
n y , v. 2 . 198.
F o r th i s n ew a n d h ig h ly in t e r e s t in g a d d itio n to th e F lo r a o f
B r ita in w e a r e o b lig e d to th e R e v . M r . D a l to n o f C o p g r o v e ,
w h o fo u n d i t in t h a t n e ig h b o u r h o o d . I t w a s f ir s t d is c o v e re d
n e a r L a n c a s t e r in P e n n s y lv a n ia b y th e R e v . D r . M u h l e n b e r g ,
a n d is m e n t io n e d b y M r . T u r n e r in h is w o r k o n I r i s h M o s s e s ,
p . 1 0 6 , a s w e ll as in D r . S im s , a n d M r . K o n ig ’s A nn a ls o f
B o ta n y . I t m a k e s o n ly th e th i r d sp e c ie s h i th e r to k n o w n o f
th e v e ry d i s t in c t a n d n a tu r a l g e n u s to w h i c h i t b e lo n g s , o n e
o f w h ic h s p e c ie s is c o m m o n i n E u r o p e , a n d is f ig u re d in o u r
5 t h v o lum e , t. 3 4 2 , a n d th e r em a in in g o n e , f r o m H i s p a n io la ,
is in th e L in n a e a n h e r b a r ium .
T h e p la n ts o f th e p re se n t species grow in a sc a ttered m a n n e r,
a n d a t first s ig h t g re a tly re semble th e Gymnostomum p y r i-
forme, t.\ 4 1 3 , o u t a re o f a d a rk e r g re en . T h e stem is sh o rt
a n d sim p le . R o o t b row n , lo n g , p ro b ab ly a n n u a l. Leaves
sc a rc e ly a t all sp re ad in g , co n c av e , o v a te , finely se rra te d , a c u te ,
w ith a s tro n g rib te rm in a tin g in a h a ir-lik e p o i n t ; th e ir
su b s ta n c e m o re re ticu la ted th a n in F. hygrometrica. S ta lk
te rm in a l, n o t a n in c h lo n g , o f a fine red , som ew h a t cu rv ed .
C a p su le n e a rly u p r ig h t, p e a r-sh a p e d , o b liq u e , sm o o th , gre en .
L id o f a sh o rt co n ic a l fo rm , red a t th e edge. O u te r frin g e
r e d ; in n e r pale g re e n . Ve il b e n t o b liq u e ly , inflated a t th e
b a se , its b e ak c y lin d ric a l, n o t q u a d ran g u la r.