70 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



4. Phascum SUBIJLATUM, Linn. [Avd-leaved Earth Moss.) 

 Leaves subulato-setaceouSj straight, their nerve disappearing 

 below the summit. — Eng. Fl.p. 3. Astomum %.,pt. 1.^. 14. 



Dry banksj fields, and heaths, frequent. Fr. Spring. 

 Though the individual plants are minute, it is more easily 

 detected than some other species, from being more grega- 

 rious. 



5. Phascum axjllare, Dicks. {Lateral-fruited Earth 

 Moss.) Leaves lanceolato-subulate, straight, their nerve 

 disappearing below the summit; fruit often apparently axil- 

 lary. — Eng. Fl. p. 3. Astomum nitidum, Miill, Syn, pt. 1. 

 p. 17. 



In similar situations as the preceding, but affecting a 

 greater degree of moisture. The apparently axillary fruit 

 is the chief mark of distinction. The leaves are also less 

 setaceous and rigid. 



^** Conferva-shoots none ; leaves lanceolate or ovate ; 

 capsules nearly sessile. 



6. Phascum crassinervium, Schwagr. {Broad-nerved 

 Earth Moss.) Stemless ; leaves erecto-patent, linear-lanceo- 

 late, dentato-serrate ; nerve very broad and excurrent. — 

 Eng. Fl. p. 3; Milll. Syn. pit. \. p. 3. 



Pound by the Eev. M. J. Berkeley on limestone soil in 



