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3. S. confertum, Br. Sf Schimp. ; leaves ovato-lanceolate, 

 the upper ones hair-pointed ; margin reflexed above ; sporan- 

 gium ovato-globose, thin ; lid from a wide convex base sharply 

 apiculate ; ring none ; teeth lanceolate, much perforated and 

 cribrose. Hook. # Wils. t. xlvii. ; Moug. Nest. n. 912. 



On trap or sandstone rocks. Edinburgh. Bearing fruit in 

 tarly spring. 



Monoicous; forming dense deep- green cushions or tufts. 

 Stems slender, flaccid when moist, rigid when dry. The leaves 

 are wider than in the last, the sporangium smaller, thinner, 

 and subspherical, and the peristome paler and more fugacious, 

 besides being more perforated and divided. 



OKDER XXV. HEDWIGIACEI, Br. & Schimp. 



Sporangium globose or oblong, more or less immersed ; 

 peristome none ; veil conical, sometimes cucullate, smooth or 

 hairy ; leaves nerveless. 



77. HEDWIGIDIUM, Br. fy Schimp. 



Sporangium more or less exserted, veil more or less cucul- 

 late, smooth ; lid conico-rostellate ; branches irregularly 

 scattered, stoloniferous ; leaves nearly even ; tips not diapha- 

 nous ; monoicous and bisexual. 



1. H. imberbe, Br. fy Schimp. ; leaves spreading, closely 

 imbricated when dry, subsulcate, widely ovato-lanceolate ; 

 margin slightly re volute ; sporangium almost exserted ; sub- 

 globose ; veil obliquely cucullate. Hook, fy Wils. t. vi. ; Eng. 

 Bot. *. 2237.; (Plate 21, fig. 7.) 



On the inclined faces of rocks. Ireland and Wales. Bear- 

 ing fruit late in autumn. 



Forming large yellowish or brownish patches. Branches 

 stoloniferous; stems 1-8 inches long, slightly branched; leaves 



