Phascum.] M USCI-ACROCARPI-ASTOMI. o 



tlie lid elongated. P. rostellatum, Brid. Meth. p. 9. Bryoh Germ, 

 p. 58. t. 6./. 14. 



Banks and fields.— /3. Northamptonshire. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. Fr. 

 March. — The acuter beak to the capsule, which latter is more exserted, 

 is all the difference I can discover between the P. rostellatum and 

 P. crispum. 



4. P. subuldtwn, Linn, (awl-leaved Earth-3Ioss) ; leaves subu- 

 lato-setaceous straight, their nerve disappearing below the 

 summit. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1570. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 35. 

 Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 1. Fl. Brit. p. 1149. E. Bot. t.2177. 

 Drum. Muse. Scot. v. 1. n. 5. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 6. t. 5. 

 —P. acaule, Dill. Muse. t. 32. /. 10. 



Dry banks and fields, frequent. Fr. Spring. 



5. P. axilldre, Dicks, (lateral-fruited Earth-Moss) ; leaves lan- 

 ceolato-subulate straight their nerve disappearing below the 

 summit, fruit often apparently axillary. Dicks. Or. Fasc. 1. 

 p. 2. t. \. f 3. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 1. Fl. Brit. p. 1149. 

 E. Bot. t. 1036. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 7. t. b.—P. nilidum, 



Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 34 P. strictum, Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 4. 



t. 10./. 1. Fl. Brit. p. 1151. E. Bot. t. 2093. 



Moist banks. Fr. March.— This, like the preceding, which it much 

 resembles, is of a very pale yellowish colour ; but it has less setaceous 

 and less rigid leaves. From innovations, the capsules sometimes appear 

 axillary, and such are generally drooping. 



*** Conferva-shoots none. Leaves lanceolate or ovate. 

 Capsules nearly sessile. 



6. P. crassbiervium, Schwaegr. (broad-nerved Earth-Moss) ; 

 stemless, leaves erecto-patent linear-lanceolate dentato-serrate, 

 nerve very broad and exenrrent. Schwaegr. Suppl, v. 1. ;;• 4. 

 t. 2. Bryol. Gain. v. 1. p. 40. /. 4.f 3. Grew Scot. Cr. Fl. 

 t. 353. 



On limestone soil, in a fallow-field, by the side of Bedford purlieus, 

 near Wansford, Northamptonshire. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. — Fr. Dec. 

 This has the texture (loosely cellular) and habit of P. serratum, but here 

 there are no conferva-like shoots, the leave* are almost exactly lanceolate 

 and furnished with an exceedingly broad, excurrent nerve. 



7. P. patens, Hedw. (spreading Earth-Moss); ^t« i ni ghort, 



leave- patent narrow -<>\ ;it e -enateil, nerve disappearing below 

 the point. Hedw. St. Cr. V. \. I. H». Turn. Muse. Hih. p. 2. 



/•'/. Brit. p. I 150. /•:. Bot. (. 1279. Muse. /inf. ed. -2.j>. 7. t. :>. 



— (3. leaves narrower. P. n CU rrifnliiim. Dicks. Cr. FaSC. 4. 



t. 10. — P. pachycarpon l Schwaegr. Suppl. v, L.p. 1- t. 2. 



Clay-fields and banks, Dot common. Fr. Aug. — The patent and 

 strongly Berrated leaves, with the nerve disappearing below the summit, 

 suffice to distinguish this from all the states or P. etupidatum. 



8. P.muticum, Schreb. (common dwarf Earth-Moss) ; stem- 

 Lees, Leavei broadly ovate concave acuminate more or l« ,sv 

 lerrated connivent, nerve reaching to the point. Schreb, 

 Phase, t. 1. f. M — ll. Turn* Muse. 11,1,. r . 3. 11. Bru\ 



