Sect. IV. Guembellia. L. not curling, generally piliferous; caps. smooth on a straight seta; cal. multifid at base or cucullate.
209. G. Donniana. Sm. Stems ¼-½in. tufted, l. erecto-patent,
lanceolate-elongate narrow, tapering into a roughened
hair point, margin plane; per. l. longer; caps. erect oval-oblong,
slightly exserted, pale yellowish brown, lid obtuse
conical; annulus small; per. teeth broad, sometimes perforate:
monoicous.
Mountain rocks and walls. E. S. W. III. IV. X.
var. β. sudetica. l. with longer hair points; caps.
immersed; lid conico-acuminate.
γ. elongata. l. scarcely hair-pointed, caps. on a longish seta.
210. G. Ungeri. Juratzka. Compact irregular blackish
green, hoary tufts; st. short simple or dichotomous; l.
erecto-patulous, lower smaller muticous, upper larger lanceolate
from an obovate base, ending in a long smooth hair point,
margin plane; basal cells quadrate hyaline, above quadrate,
then opaque and indistinct; caps. small oval smooth, without
annulus, exserted on an erect pale brown seta; lid
conical obtuse, calyp. cucullate: monoicous. [Dr. Braithwaite,
l. c., 198.]
On earth in crevices of rocks at 1600 feet at Ballater (Rev. J. Fergusson).
211. G. ovata. W. & M. St. ½in. or more, branched fastigiate; l. spreading, erect when dry, lanceolate tapering into a roughish hair-point, nerve broad indistinct, margin recurved below; caps. ovoid erect exserted reddish brown,
