Part 8

329. (38) B. ERYTHROCARPON. Brid. _non_ Schw. (_B. atropurpureum._ W. & M.) St. ¼–½in. branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate concave, pointed, margin reflexed, entire, lower often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical pointed.

Banks and walls. V.

330. (39) B. APICULATUM (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson’s description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) “L. erecto-patent when dry, elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex.”

SECT. V.

331. (40) B. JULACEUM. Sm. St. 1–3in. tufted, with long filiform branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire, margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.

Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks. VIII. IX.

var. β. _concinnatum._ st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a recurved point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor); Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills (Lyle).

332. (41) B. ARGENTEUM. L. St. ¼–½in. tufted; in silvery white patches; l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve not reaching pointed tapering apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very lax; caps. oval-oblong, reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering; lid faintly pointed.

Roofs, walls, ground, &c. X. VI.

var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. greenish, without points.

γ. _lanatum._ smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll, silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).

333. (42) B. FUNKII. Schw. Gregarious; st. branched, branches julaceous; l. crowded at summit of branches; st. and br. leaves ovate, cochleariform, nerve excurrent into a short point; comal leaves ovate-oblong acuminate, shortly cuspidate: areolæ lax; caps. obovate or globoso-pyriform, inclined on a flexuous seta.

Walls, &c. Sandy shore, Southport (Wilson). V. VI.

334. (43) B. ZIERII. Dicks. Silvery reddish tufts, st. ½–1in., branches julaceous; l. roundish ovate-acuminate, entire, margins not recurved, not nerved to apex; areolæ lax; caps. large clavate-pyriform, gibbous, with a long slender tapering neck, incurved cernuous; lid small, conical, acute; inner perist. longest, with imperfect cilia.

Crevices of mountainous rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.

335. (44) B. DEMISSUM. Hook. St. ¼in. tufted; l. ovate-acuminate, erect when dry, margin recurved, nerve generally excurrent; per. l. lanceolate, with longer points; areolæ lax; caps. clavate-pyriform, much incurved, cernuous; seta “curved above like a swan’s neck”; inner perist. longest.

Rocks. Breadalbane Mts.; rare. VIII. IX.

SECT. VI.

336. (45) B. TOZERI. Grev. St. ¼–½in. gregarious; l. lower obovate narrow, upper crowded wider apiculate, all bordered, entire; nerved (reddish) half way; caps. obovate or pyriform pendulous; lid conical.

Shady banks, rare in fr. III. IV.

SECT. VII.

337. (46) B. ROSEUM. Schreb. St. 1–3in., l. lower, small, scattered lanceolate; upper in a large rosaceous tuft, spathulate, apiculate, serrate above, margin recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps. clavate-oblong or obovate pendulous; lid mammillate.

Sandy shady banks. XI. XII.

51. MNIUM. B. & S.

A. L. sharply serrated.

_a._ Margin cartilaginous.

338. M. AFFINE. Bland. St. 1–3in. simple, erect, radiculose; barren shoots procumbent; l. lower oval-lanceolate, decurrent, scattered, upper much larger, crowded, oblong-elliptic pointed, border narrow, simply spinuloso-serrate, nerved nearly or quite to apex; those of barren stems roundish two-ranked; caps. ovate-oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed: dioicous.

Shady woods, banks, walls. IV. V.

var. β. _elatum._ stem and seta longer; marshy places.

γ. _rugicum._ sterile shoots, erect, shorter; l. shorter, concave, obtusely serrate.

339. M. CUSPIDATUM. Hedw. St. ½–1in. tufted, erect, radiculose, barren shoots procumbent; l. lower ovate or obovate, scattered, upper ovate-lanceolate longer and narrower; all acuminate, with simply serrate margins; nerved nearly or quite to apex; caps. ovate, inclined or pendulous; lid convex obtuse: synoicous.

Shady rocks and walls. III. IV.

340. M. ROSTRATUM. Schr. St. ½–1in. decumbent at base (barren long erect or creeping); l. lower ovate, upper oval-oblong, obtuse, in a terminal spreading tuft, all simply and bluntly serrate, undulate, nerve slightly excurrent into a mucro; caps. oval, inclined or pendulous; lid with a long curved beak: synoicous.

Moist shady rocks, &c., common. IV.

341. M. RIPARIUM. Mitt. M.S. St. ½–1in., reddish below; l. orbiculate or broadly elliptical, much decurrent, apex rounded and tipped with a mucro; lower obscurely bordered, upper strongly so and simply spinuloso-dentate, nerve thin but distinct, reddish, reaching apex; areolæ large hexagonal chlorophyllose. (I have no fruited specimen.)

Watery places. Sussex (Mitten).

342. M. SPINOSUM. Voigt. St. robust, sub-ligneous; branches flagelliform sub-arcuate; l. lower small squamiform, obtuse, margins plane; upper obovate or oblong, acuminato-spathulate, larger, crisped when dry; serration bi-geminate, spinulose, nerve excurrent; caps. oval-oblong, reddish brown, slightly inclined or horizontal; lid conical, with an obtuse beak: dioicous.

Roots of trees, and shady sub-alpine rocks. Summer.

Ben Lawers (McKinlay).

343. M. ORTHORHYNCHUM. Brid. St. ¼–1in. simple; l. lower scattered ovate-acuminate, decurrent, upper ovate-lanceolate, doubly spinuloso-serrate; all undulate and crisped when dry; caps. oval or sub-pyriform horizontal; lid conical, with a blunt beak: dioicous.

Woods, shady banks, &c. Yorkshire, Sussex. Spring.

344. M. SERRATUM. Brid. St. ½–1in. purplish, erect; l. lower reddish on nerve and border, all varying from lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, doubly spinuloso-serrate; per. l. lanceolate; caps. ovate or oval, cernuous; lid large conical, with a short beak: synoicous.

Moist shady rocks and banks. V. VI.

345. M. HORNUM. L. St. 1–3in. simple; l. linear-lanceolate, acuminate, rigid, slightly decurrent, doubly spinuloso-serrate, nerve also spinulose, not reaching apex; caps. large oblong-ovate, cernuous; lid convex mammillate; seta curved at summit: dioicous.

Shady moist banks and woods, common. V.

346. M. UNDULATUM. Hed. St. 1–3in. decumbent at base, sometimes branched; l. oval-oblong or ligulate, upper very long, all undulate, decurrent, and simply serrate, nerved generally to apex; caps. generally several together, oval or oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed: dioicous.

Moist shady banks and woods. IV. V.

_b._ L. without a cartilaginous border.

347. M. STELLARE. Hed. St. ½–2in. erect; l. oval-acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, simply serrate, decurrent, scarcely nerved to apex; caps. solitary, ovate, horizontal or cernuous; lid convex blunt: dioicous. (Does not fruit with us.)

Shady rocks and banks. Yorkshire, Surrey. V. VI.

B. L. nearly entire, not bordered.

348. M. CINCLIDIOIDES. Hueb. St. 2–4in. sometimes with slender branches; l. lower oval obtuse, scarcely pointed, upper large oval ligulate obtuse (marginal cells narrower), almost entire, slightly undulate, nerved nearly to apex; caps. oval pendulous; lid convex pointed: dioicous.

Wet and boggy places on mountains, Clova, &c. Summer.

C. L. entire, with a cartilaginous border.

349. M. PUNCTATUM, Hed. St. ½–3in., erect, radiculose; l. obovate or roundish obtuse, obscurely pointed, upper in a somewhat rosaceous tuft; generally nerved to apex; caps. oval pendulous; lid conical, with a longish beak: dioicous.

Wet shady places. II. III.

350. M. SUBGLOBOSUM. B. & S. St. 1in. or more, erect; l. obovate or roundish obtuse, not nerved to apex; border narrow sub-cartilaginous; caps. roundish, contracted at mouth, sub-pendulous; lid small conical beaked: synoicous.

Marshes and bogs. III.

52. CINCLIDIUM. SWARTZ.

351. C. STYGIUM. Sw. St. 1–4in. tufted, erect, with purplish radicles; l. roundish obovate, obtuse, pointed, rigid, very narrow at base, border cartilaginous, nerved to or beyond apex; caps. obovate or pyriform, pendulous, on a long seta, lid convex obtuse, sometimes pointed; synoicous.

Bogs. Malham Tarn (Nowell, Wilson). VI. VII.

53. MIELICHHOFERIA. N. & H.

352. M. NITIDA. Horn. “L. erecto-patent, larger and more crowded above, ovate-lanceolate, serrated at apex; caps. sub-erect pyriform; lid conical, very short.”

var. β. _gracilis._ more densely tufted; l. shorter, more crowded, imbricate; caps. erect. [Wils. Bry. Brit., p. 263.]

Type not British; var. β. only found at head of Glen Callater, 1830 (Dr. Greville); again in same locality, 1868 (Fergusson and Roy); Ingleby, Yorkshire, 1862 (Mudd.)

54. PALUDELLA. EHR.

353. P. SQUARROSA. Brid. St. 2–6in. radiculose; l. obovate-lanceolate, pointed, recurved above the middle, squarrose, nerved to and serrulate at apex, margins recurved below; caps. elliptic-oblong gibbous, with a short thick neck, inclined; lid mammillate.

Boggy places. No fr. found in Britain. Summer.

55. MEESIA. HEDW.

354. M. ULIGINOSA. Hedw. St. ½–1in. radiculose, br. fastigiate; l. lanceolate or linear obtuse (upper longer), entire, margin recurved, scarcely nerved to apex; caps. pyriform, with a long tapering neck, incurved, inclined; lid conical truncate; seta very long.

Wet and boggy places. VII. VIII.

[It is very questionable whether _M. longiseta_ has ever been found in the British Islands.]

56. AMBLYODON. P. BEAUV.

355. A. DEALBATUS. P. B. St. ½–1in.; l. lanceolate broad, acute, margins plane, slightly serrulate at apex, below which the strong nerve ceases; caps. clavate or pyriform, incurved, inclined, mouth oblique, lid conical, seta very long.

Wet mountainous places. S. I. VI. VII.

57. FUNARIA. SCHREB.

1. Caps. cernuous on a straight seta, annulus none.

356. F. HIBERNICA. Hook. St. ¼–½in.; l. oblong-oval, gradually tapering to an acutely serrate point, nerved nearly to apex; caps. pyriform, longer than in next species, on a seta twisting to left its whole length when dry; lid concave.

Chalky soil. Cork, Matlock, Conway. IV. V.

357. F. MUHLENBERGII. Schw. St. shorter than last; l. ovate-lanceolate, suddenly tapering to a long bluntly serrate point, nerved nearly to apex; caps. pyriform, on a seta when dry twisted at base to left, above to right; lid convex obtuse with a reddish border.

Limestone walls, banks, &c. IV. V.

2. Caps. furrowed when dry, on a long arcuate seta, annulus present.

358. F. HYGROMATRICA. Hedw. St. ¼–1in.; l. lower scattered, upper ovate-lanceolate, concave, clustered into a bulb-like tuft, nerved to apex, margins reflexed; caps. broadly pyriform, incurved, mouth oblique, with a corrugate border; lid convex, with a red border.

Banks and walls, old cinder heaps, &c., common, V.—IX.

var. β. _patula._ st. slender branched; l. undulate, spreading, twisted when dry.

γ. _calvescens._ seta long and straight; caps. slender, almost erect.

359. F. MICROSTOMA. B. & S. Habit of last, but smaller; l. in a comal bud; caps. pyriform, turgid, not much furrowed when dry; mouth very small, with a smooth border; inner perist. very imperfect.

Damp stony places. VIII. IX.

Maresfield, Sussex, 1864 (Mr. Mitten).

58. ENTOSTHODON. SCHW.

360. E. TEMPLETONI. Schw. St. about ¼in.; l. lower distant ovate-acuminate, upper in a rosaceous tuft, obovate, acuminate, not nerved to apex, scarcely serrulate; caps. clavate-pyriform, upright, neck tapering, lid plano-convex.

Crevices of rocks and shady places. E. S. I. W. VII.

361. E. MINIMUM. Hunt. (Mem. Lit. and Sci. Soc., Manchester, vol. V., p. 100, 1871–2.) St. ⅛–¼in. erect, gregarious; l. lower obovate, margin reflexed, nerve thin, not reaching apex; upper oblong, sub-erect, sub-canaliculate, margin recurved, crenulate above, nerve strong, nearly reaching apex; areolæ large elongate hexagonal below, above shorter; caps. obconical when dry, smooth, with a distinct neck and wide mouth; seta erect, ⅛–¼in.; perist. half immersed, of 16 slender linear subulate teeth; dioicous.

Sandstone walls. Glasnevin, Dublin (D. Orr.) VIII.

59. PHYSCOMITRIUM. BRID.

362. P. ERICETORUM. De Not. St. ¼in.; l. lower, distant, small, upper in a tuft, larger, obovate-lanceolate, with a thickened distantly serrate margin, not nerved to apex; caps. small, pyriform, erect, lid almost flat.

Heaths, banks, stream sides, &c. III. IV.

363. P. FASCICULARE. B. & S. St. about ½in. tufted; l. ovate-oblong or lanceolate, pointed serrate, not bordered; caps. obovate or pyriform, tapering at base; lid convex.

Fallow fields. IV.

364. P. PYRIFORME. B. & S. St. about ¼in., tufted; l. lower distant ovate-lanceolate, above spathulate, pointed, serrate, uppermost longer erect, not nerved to apex; caps. globose-pyriform erect, mouth small, lid conical, calyptra sub-persistent, toothed at base.

Moist banks and ditches. IV.

365. P. SPHŒRICUM. B. & S. St. scarcely ¼in.; l. oval-oblong or slightly spathulate, acute, concave, entire; upper ones largest, nerved nearly to apex; caps. sub-globose, mouth large; lid large conical; calyp. lobed below.

Dried-up mud. IX.–XI.

Mere, Cheshire, 1834 (Wils.), J. Whitehead, Oct., 1870.

60. BARTRAMIDULA. B. & S.

366. B. WILSONI. B. & S. St. about ¼in. branched; l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat secund, nerved nearly to or beyond apex, serrulate above; caps. globoso-pyriform, generally pendulous, not striate; lid convex or conical.

Turfy soil on mountains. S. W. I. X.

61. BARTRAMIA. HEDW.

1. Caps. erect, perist. single.

367. B. STRICTA. Brid. St. loosely tufted, glaucous green; l. erecto-patent, rigid when dry, lanceolate-subulate, nerve excurrent into a serrate arista; caps. ovate-globose furrowed when dry, seta four-sided at summit, twisted to right when dry; lid convex or mammillate. [Bry. Eur., IV., t. 316. Schp. Syn., 417.]

On the ground and stones. Early summer.

Maresfield, Sussex (Mitten), 1862.

2. Caps. cernuous, perist. double.

_a._ Branches fastigiate. Monoicous.

368. B. RIGIDA. Bals. & Not. St. ¼–½in.; br. erect or recurved; l. erecto-patent, straight, rigid, lanceolate, finely serrulate, nerve excurrent, cap., large, sub-spherical, furrowed when dry, and cernuous; lid conical pointed; seta erect; inner perist. sometimes imperfect.

Shady banks, mountains. IX. X.

_b._ Br. fasciculate: dioicous.

* L. plicate and sheathing at base.

369. B. ARCUATA. Brid. St. 1–4in., with reddish brown radicles; l. ovate-lanceolate from a broad erect sheathing base, scabrous, serrulate, spreading; caps. sub-globose, almost pendulous, on an arcuate seta, furrowed when dry.

Waterfalls and wet rocks. IX. X.

* * L. not sheathing or plicate. (_Philonotis._)

370. B. (PHILONOTIS) FONTANA. Brid. Stem 1–6in., with reddish black radicles; l. ovate-acuminate, short and appressed or lanceolate secund, or spreading and longer (generally plicate at base), nerve almost excurrent; perig. l. obtuse, nerveless; caps. sub-globose large, furrowed when dry.

Springs and wet places. VI.

var. β. _alpina._ st. short, l. ovate-lanceolate, mucronate.

γ. _falcata._ l. falcato-secund, nerve thick.

δ. _pumila._ plant smaller in all its parts.

371. B. (PHILONOTIS) CÆSPITOSA. Wils. MS. St. 1–2in. reddish, cæspitose, radiculose below; l. falcato-secund, lanceolate acuminate, gradually tapering from base upwards, concave, margins sub-serrulate not recurved, nerved to apex, areolæ lax, largest at basal angles; perig. l. in a stellate tuft, almost triangular from a very broad base, finely sub-serrulate, nerved to apex.

Walton swamp, Cheshire (Wilson): male plant only.

372. B. (PHILONOTIS) ADPRESSA. Fergusson. “Plant widely cæspitose, erect, 2–3in. either dull, glaucous green, or reddish; l. papillose, erect when moist, with one wide plica on each side of nerve, incurved towards apex, slightly twisted when dry, widely ovate from an amplexicaul base, not acuminate, apex either obtuse or cucullate, with a very slight mucro, or in the more slender forms rather acute, margin denticulate slightly reflexed; nerve very thick continuous; areolæ small, ovoid above, shorter and wider towards the base.” [G. E. Hunt. Mem. Lit. & Sci. Soc., Manchester, vol. V., 102, 1872.]

Glen Prossen, &c., Clova (Fergusson); Glas Mheal, Perthshire 2500 ft. (Hunt).

373. B. (PHILONOTIS) SERIATA. Mitt. _Musc. Ind. Orient._ “L. spirally arranged, from a sub-erect base, patent towards apex, ovate acute plicate, margin distinctly reflexed; areolæ linear above, small and ovoid towards base; perig. l. from an erect dilated base, widely spreading, cordatetriangular obtuse, areolæ small obscure elongate-quadrangular, above large linear and reddish at base; nerve thick, indistinct, continuous or vanishing below apex, margin slightly denticulate.” [Hunt. loc. cit., p. 103.]

Springs at head of Clova; Ben-na-Bourd (Gardiner).

374. B. (PHILONOTIS) CALCAREA. B. & S. St. about 2in.; l. ovate-lanceolate, tapering gradually from middle upwards, concave rigid secund, margin serrulate, not reflexed, strongly nerved to apex; areolæ large oblong, long hexagonal at base; perig. l. acute, triangular from a broad erect base, nerved to apex: caps. sub-globose, inclined or cernuous.

Wet places. VII.

_c._ Branches dichotomous and fastigiate.

* monoicous.

375. B. POMIFORMIS. Hedw. St. ½–2in.; l. spreading linear-lanceolate, not concave, doubly spinuloso-serrate, rough, crisp when dry, nerve slightly excurrent; caps. sub-globose, cernuous, lid small conical.

Dry sandy banks. V.

var. β. _crispa._ “l. longer, less crowded, branches often longer than fruit-stalk.”

376. B. HALLERIANA. Hedw. St. 1–3in., radiculose below; l. spreading or secund, linear-subulate from a broad pale erect sheathing base, rough, serrate, nerve excurrent; caps. sub-globose, on a short curved seta.

Moist alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI. VII.

* * Synoicous.

377. B. GRACILIS. Floerke, 1799. (_B. Oederi_, Swartz, 1800). St. 1–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate, recurved from an erect, not sheathing base, crisped when dry, margins recurved, serrate above, keeled, smooth; caps. small globose, oblique, lid convex.

Moist shady rocks. V.

378. B. ITHYPHYLLA. Brid. St. ½–2in.; l. from an erect broad base sharply bent back and lanceolate-subulate, rigid, serrulate, not crisped when dry, broadly nerved to apex; caps. globose, almost erect or cernuous.

Alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI.

62. CONOSTOMUM. SWARTZ.

379. C. BOREALE. Swartz. St. ½–2in. tufted, radiculose; l. imbricate lanceolate acuminate, keeled, serrate, nerve excurrent into a mucro; caps. globose, gibbous, cernuous; lid large beaked.

Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.

63. CATASCOPIUM. BRID.

380. C. NIGRITUM. Brid. St. 1in. or more (Wilson says 2–6in. or more), radiculose; l. lanceolate acute, margin reflexed entire, nerved nearly to apex; upper ones largest; caps. small globose, dark-coloured or black, cernuous; lid small conical.

Moist alpine rocks, &c.

Wilson says “fruits March (?)” My specimen from Fife is August.

64. DISCELIUM. BRID.

381. D. NUDUM. Brid. Stemless; l. few, ovate-lanceolate, entire, concave, round the base of the seta, generally buried; seta ½–1in.; caps. sub-globose reddish, cernuous, small; lid conical acute.

Clay banks and beds. II.–IV.

Near Manchester (Cayley); Todmorden (Hobkirk).

65. SPLACHNUM. B. & S.

382. S. VASCULOSUM. L. Stem ¼–1in. radiculose; l. roundish ovate, obtuse, or ovate-acuminate, entire, narrow at base, not nerved to apex, areolæ lax; caps. small cylindrical on a large globular apophysis; lid convex: dioicous.

Elevated wet places. VII.

383. S. AMPULLACEUM. L. St. about 1in.; l. lower lanceolate, upper larger obovate or oblong-lanceolate, all serrate or sometimes entire, acuminate, nerved nearly to apex; areolæ lax; seta dilated above into a turbinate apophysis, bearing the small cylindrical caps.; the whole shaped like the ancient _ampulla_; lid conical; mono- or dioicous.

On dung in peaty places. V. VI.

384. S. SPHŒRICUM. Hedw. St. ½–1in.; l. roundish obovate, acuminate, scarcely serrate, lower smaller, nerved nearly to apex; apophysis not tapering, roundish ovate, about same width as cylindrical capsule; lid mammillate: dioicous.

Dung in moist peaty places. V. VI.

66. TETRAPLODON. B. & S.

385. T. MNIOIDES. B. & S. St. ½–3in. tufted; l. sub-erect obovate or nearly elliptical, suddenly narrowed into a long piliferous point, concave, entire, nerved to apex; caps. elliptical on a large obovate apophysis of about same width; lid conical obtuse.

Moist mountainous situations, on dung, &c. V.

386. T. ANGUSTATUS. B. & S. St. ½–2in. tufted; l. sub-erect, ovate-lanceolate concave, narrowed into long tapering points, serrate; caps. ovate on an obconical apophysis; lid conical obtuse.

Dung on mountains, rare. VII. VIII.

67. TAYLORIA. HOOKER.

387. T. SERRATA. B. & S. St. scarcely 1in.; l. erecto-patent, recurved above, oblong-obovate, lower ovate-lanceolate acuminate, serrate above, not nerved to apex; caps. oval on a long tapering apophysis; lid convex obtuse.

var. γ. _tenuis._ “l. broader and shorter, caps. smaller on a more slender stalk, much contracted when dry, columella exserted.” Wils.

Normal form not found in Britain—only var. γ on turfy soil on Scotch mountains. VII. VIII.

68. DISSODON. GREV.

388. D. FROELICHIANUS. Grev. “St. cæspitose or scattered; l. ovate-oblong obtuse, nerve ceasing below apex; caps. (with apophysis) clavato-pyriform; lid conical; teeth of perist. in pairs.” [Wils. Bry. Brit., 296.]

Doubtful native; said to have been found on Ben High, Aberdeen, by Mr. Dickson, but the specimen in Herb. Turner is not certain.

389. D. SPLACHNOIDES. Grev. St. 1–4in. radiculose; l. erecto-patent, oval-oblong or lingulate obtuse, margin plane, not nerved to apex; caps. obovate with a short tapering neck; lid conical pointed; columella exserted when dry.

Wet mountainous bogs. Scotland. VIII.

69. ŒDIPODIUM. SCHW.

390. Œ. GRIFFITHIANUM. Schw. St. ¼–½in, tufted; barren often much longer; l. obovate-roundish, obtuse, fringed below, not nerved to apex; caps. obovate or pyriform, neck tapering into a thick succulent seta; lid convex obtuse.

Crevices of mountainous rocks. VII. VIII.

70. SCHISTOSTEGA. MOHR.

391. S. OSMUNDACEA. W. & M. St. ¼–½in.; l. bifarious, insertion vertical, lanceolate, pale green; caps. small, sub-globose, mouth large; lid convex; young plant, when growing in caves, emitting a beautiful golden green light.

Sandstone caves and banks, not rare. III.

71. FISSIDENS. HEDW.

I. Fructif. terminal.

_a._ Monoicous.

392. F. EXILIS. Hedw. St. ⅛in. simple; l. few, lower small ovate, upper lanceolate-oblong oblique, acute, margin not bordered, serrulate, nerved to apex, dorsal wing not reaching to base of leaf; caps. elliptic-oblong, erect, lid conical obliquely rostrate.

Shady banks and woods, not frequent. E. S. I. I.—III.

393. F. VIRIDULUS. L. St. ¼in. about; l. lanceolate acute, entire, bordered, crisped when dry, dorsal wing not reaching to base, nerved nearly to apex; caps. oval-oblong erect; lid conical with a blunt point; perist. immersed; barren fl. on a short branch.

Shady banks, rivulets on stones, &c. VIII. IX.

394. F. INCURVUS. Schw. St. ¼in. about, ascending from a decumbent base; l. lanceolate oblong apiculate, narrowly margined, nerve ceasing near the serrate apex; caps. oval oblique, curved, rarely erect, lid conical rostellate; perist. not immersed; barren fl. sessile at base of stem. [Schp. Syn. 104.]

Shady banks, Cheshire; Hurst-pier-point. II. III.

var. _Lylei._ l. scarcely margined, narrow; perist. immersed. Cheshire, rare.

395. F. PUSILLUS. Wils. St. shorter; l. erect, acute, narrow; caps. sub-erect; perist. immersed.

Sandstone rocks.

396. F. CRASSIPES. Wils. St. ¼–¾in.; plant more robust; l. larger, broader, and more numerous; caps. obovate-roundish on a short seta, erect.

Sluices. Sandford, near Oxford. X. XI.