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16. F. incurvus, Schw. t. 49 ; Braithw. Brit. Moss-Fl. t. x. 

 C. a. — F. viridulus, var. incurvus, Wils. Bry. Brit. — Dicranum 

 incurvum, Weber et Mohr.—F. Bamberger!, 8 chimp. Syn. ed. 2, 

 p. 145. — F. Sardous, Be Not. Epilog. 



Leaves about five times longer than wide. "Wilson confused with 

 this some erect-fruited specimens of F. exilis, which he thought 

 had inclined capsules, and w^ere like those represented by Schwae- 

 grichen in bis figure, in which the inclined capsule is nearly equal- 

 sided. The true form is difficult to draw; but the foliage is 

 correct. F. Bambergeri has the male flowers mostly on long 

 stems like the fertile, but seems not otherwise different. In the 

 most common state the male flowers are on short stems ; more 

 rarely there may be several in the leaf-axils of the fruiting-stem, 

 as in F. bryoides. — Europe and North America ? There it is 

 stated to grow on shaded rocks and stones in streams. 



17. F. tamarindieolius. — Dicranum tamarindifolium, Turner, 

 Muse. Hyb. p. 55. " Caule simplice ; foliis oblongo-ovatis apicu- 

 latis ; pedicello terminali; capsula cernua; operculo conico." — 

 Skitophyllum tamarindifolium, Be la Pylaie in Besv. Journ. de 

 Bot. 1814, t. 37 (lid too long) ; S. gracile of the same author, 

 fig. 36 in the same work, is a representation of the largest state. 

 Leaves little more than twice as long as they are wide, with 

 more distinct cells than in F. incurvus. The species is well 

 defined by Turner. "Wilson did not see the principal specimen 

 in Herb. Turner, which accounts for his remarks respecting it in 

 Bry. Brit. ; and his figure represents the stem in the " inconstans " 

 stage, by which he was misled to place it with F. taxifolius. — 

 Britain ; France. Not elsewhere certainly recorded. 



18. F. exiguus, Sull. Icon. p. 36, t. 23. A minute species, 

 generally similar to F. exilis, with a longer beaked lid. Austin 

 referred it to F. incurvus. The figure of F. pusillus, var. madidus, 

 Braithw. Brit. Moss-Fl. t. x. B. y, gives a good idea of this, and 

 may represent the same species. In Sullivant's plate the lid is 

 shorter than on his specimens. — America, very common. Britain, 

 damp rocks and stones in shade ; fruiting in summer. 



19. F. Eavexelii, Sull Icon. p. 39, t. 25. Very small. Leaves 

 almost opaque ; nerve pellucid. — Carolina and Louisiana. 



20. F. Donnellii, Aust., Lesq. et James, Man. p. 25. Capsule 



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