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74. W. Mittenii (Schimper), Mitten. 

 Astomum Mittenii, Bryol. Europ. 



" Csespitulosum ; caule elatiore flexuoso erecto simplici et ra- 

 muloso ; foliis inferioribus late lanceolatis, snperioribus sensim 

 majoribus utrisque solidis, sordide viridibus, costa crassa rnfa 

 cum apice evanido, perichsetialibus tenuioribus, pallidioribus, 

 costa tenuiore viridi, capsula in pedicello longiore subemersa 

 ovata, rostello obtuso subobliquo ; flore masculo terminali, peri- 

 gonialibus ovato-lanceolatis." — Bryol. Europ. I. c. 



On clayey soil in a stubble near Little-ease, and by a roadside near 

 Hurstpierpoint ; very rare in both situations, and growing intermixed 

 with W. mucronata, TV. squarrosa, and W. multicapsularis. 



More robust than W. crispa, and with its capsules on longer setae : 

 the inflorescence is also somewhat different, being monoicous and 

 polygamous ; the flowers are terminal and sometimes hermaphrodite ; 

 the whole plant is brownish. 



75. W. multicapsularis (Sm.), Mitten. 

 Astomum multicapsulare, Bryol. Europ. 



" Csespitulosum ; caule procumbente, flexuoso-erecto, dicho- 

 tome ramoso et ramuloso, unciali et longiore ; foliis caulinis pa- 

 tulis, recurvis, flexuosis, flaccidis, perichsetio polyphyllo, foliis 

 perichsetialibus erectis, lineari-lanceolatis ; capsula in pedicello 

 perbrevi, ovato-oblonga in rostellum subobliquum producta; 

 calyptra ad mediam capsulam producta, longius persistente." — 

 Bryol. Europ. I. c. 



In very small quantity in several spots by a roadside on a clayey 

 soil near Hurstpierpoint. A much larger moss than W. crispa, with 

 broader and longer leaves, and with more stoutly rostrate capsules : 

 the male flowers have not yet been observed. 



[It corresponds very closely with the following, which may be noticed 

 here, although it has no claims to be considered a Sussex moss. 



W. convolutacea, Mitten ; dioica ? caulis breviusculus infra pe- 

 richsetium innovans, monocarpus ; folia inferiora late lanceolata 

 nervo excurrente cuspidata, marginibus inflexis, e basi cauli ad- 

 presso patenti-divergentia ; perichsetialia e basi subelliptica con- 

 volutacea subulato-attenuata, acuta, superne marginibus incurvis : 

 theca in pedunculo brevissimo elliptica, operculo brevi apiculato. 

 Phascum crispum, Mougeot et Nestler, no. 703. 



Bedfordshire, Mr. Turner in Hb. Borrer. 



As in W. multicapsularis, the male flowers have not been seen in this 

 moss ; it also resembles that species in colour and appearance, but 

 differs in the very convolute bases of the perichaetial leaves, which 

 quite cover the capsule, and have their margins incurved towards 

 their apices.] 



76. W. longifolia, Mitten ; monoica ; caulis breviusculus po- 



