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On rocks in alpine districts. Bearing fruit in summer. 



Forming loose patches or tufts of a brownish tint. Leaf- 

 cells narrow and elongated at the base, decreasing gradually 

 upwards; fruitstalk mostly short; sporangium mostly with 

 a short tapering apophysis, faintly striate; veil yellow, very 

 hairy ; teeth pale, at length quite distinct ; spores small. 



The figures quoted above and Mougeot and Nestler's speci- 

 mens belong to a variety with straighter leaves, smaller spo- 

 rangia, and less hairy veil. 



b. Cilia sixteen, alternately longer and shorter, small, rarely 

 eight of equal length. 



11. O. pallens, Bruch ; stem short; leaves oblongo-lan- 

 ceolate, spreading; margin recurved below; lid conico-cam- 

 panulate, pale, naked ; sporangium oblong, attenuated below, 

 widely striate ; lid short. Hook, fy Wils. t. xlv. ; (Moug. 

 Nest. n. 926.) 



On trees. Rare. Yorkshire, Mr. Spruce. Bearing fruit 

 in June. 



Leaves pale, hyaline below with oblong cells, papillose above, 

 forming irregular soft bright-green tufts; fruitstalk very 

 short ; sporangium with a large apophysis, pale, with eight 

 broad, deeper- coloured striae ; teeth eight, reflexed when dry ; 

 cilia sixteen or, according to Schimper, sometimes though 

 rarely eight ; veil naked. 



12. O. stramineum, Hornsch. ; stems elongated; leaves 

 oblongo-lanceolate, spreading, loosely imbricated when dry, 

 keeled, papillose ; margin reflexed ; sporangium oblongo- 

 pyriform, with a short fruitstalk, widely striated ; lid slightly 

 hairy ; cilia sixteen, rarely eight ; vaginula hairy. Hook. <Sf 

 Wils. t. xlv.; (Moug. $ Nest. n. 923.) 



On trees and boulders. Scotland, Wales, and England. 

 Bearing fruit in summer. 



