2 MUSCI-ACROCARPI-ASTOML [Phascum. 



4. A. nivalis. Hook, (tall slender Andr&a) ; stems slightly 

 branched, leaves loosely imbricated lanceolate subfalcate secund 

 nerved those of the periclwetium similar to the rest. Hook, in 

 Linn. Trans, v. 10. p. 395. t. 31./ 4. E. Bot. t. 2507. Hobs. 

 Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 2. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 3. t. 8. 



Rocks, upon the highest summit of Ben-Nevis and the Ptarmigan 

 mountains, and on the Cairngorum range. Fr. Spring. — This grows 

 to the greatest size of any of the Genus, and much resembles, in 

 general appearance, Jungermannia juniperina. The foliage is lax and 

 flaccid, usually pale-coloured; the nerve strong and equally present in 

 perichaetial leaves as in the others. 



2. Phascum. Linn. Earth-Moss. 



Seta terminal. Capsule entire. Lid persistent. Calyptra 

 dimidiate. (Muse. Brit. t. 1.) — Name; — tpaffxov is an ancient 

 Greek name for some mossy substance ; according to Bridel, 



the Usnea barbate/ The species are among the most minute of 



Mosses, and are more frequent in the southern than the northern 

 parts of Great Britain. 



* Burnished with creeping, branched, conferva-like shoots. 



1. V.serrdtum, Schreb. (serrated Earth-Moss) ; shoots branched 

 conferva-like, perichaetial leaves lanceolate deeply serrated 

 nerveless. Schreb. de Phase, t. 2. Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 23. 

 E. Bot. t. 460. Dicks. Or. Ease. 1. t. 1. /. 1. Turn. Muse. 



Hib. p. 4. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 4. t. 5 (3. base of the shoots 



opaque not jointed. P. stoloniferum, Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 3. 

 t. 7. /. 2. E. Bot. t. 2006. 



Sandy shaded banks, not unfrequent. In the Botanic Garden, Belfast, 

 abundant. Mr. Drummond. — Fr. Spring. 



** Conferva-like shoots none. Leaves more or less subulate. 

 Capsule nearly sessile. 



2. P. altei nifolium, Dicks, (cdtemate-leaved Earth-Moss); 

 stems elongated, leaves entire lanceolato-subulate remote, in- 

 novations from immediately beneath the fruit. Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 

 1. t. 1. /. 2. E. Bot. t. 107. Schivaegr. Suppl. v. I. p. 10. t. 10. 

 — Pleuridium, Brid. 



Moist banks, rare and mostly barren. Epping Forest, E. Forster, 

 Esq. Near Liverpool, Rev. Mr. Taylor. Pembroke, Rev. J. S. Tozer. 

 Belfast, Mr. Drummond. Bodorgan, near Aberfraw, Wales ; in fruit 

 Jan. and Feb. Mr. W. Wilson. — A very remarkable moss; perhaps 

 esteemed rarer than it is in reality, on account of its inconspicuous 

 foliage and fruit. The latter is not always accompanied by the elongated 

 shoots ; and the leaves, Mr. Wilson observes, are sometimes broader than 

 represented in the Muse. Brit. 



3. P. crispum, Hedw. (curly-leaved Earth-Moss); leaves 

 lanceolato-subulate flexuose crisped when dry. Hedw. St. Cr. 

 v. 1. t. 9. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 2. E. Bot. t. 1680, and 

 t. 618. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 6. t. b.—P. multicapsulare, 

 Fl. Brit. p. 1152. E. Bot. sub t. 1680 (3. rostellatum ; beak of 



