72 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



blcs a little shining bulb. There is a very minute variety 

 of it found ill Devonshire. 



9. Phascdm coh^rens, Hedw. {Coherinfj Earth Moss.) 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate, furnished with a rib 

 reaching to the point ; capsule globose, shortly apiculate, 

 brownish-purple. — Ephemerum cohserens, Hanipe, 3IulLSpi. 

 pt. \. p. 25. 



Resembling P. serratum, but distinguished by its nerved 

 and more oval leaves. Tr. autumn. Found in the west of 

 England, by Messrs. "Wilson and Mitten. 



10. Phascum triquetrum. [Triquetroiis Earth Moss.) 

 Spruce, in London Journal of Botany, vol. iv. p. 189. — 

 Acaulon t., MillL Syn.pt. 1. p. 23. 



Both Muller and the authors of Bryol. Europ. regard this 

 as a distinct species from P. muticum, to which it is closely 

 allied. The latter say, "This pretty species has long been 

 confounded with P. muticum, from which it may easily be 

 distinguished. The plants are shorter, more thickened, 

 exactly triquetrous, when the fruit is mature of a pale brown 

 colour; the capsule is larger and furnished with a longer 

 pedicel, Avhich is curved." Found at Brighton and other 

 localities in the south by Messrs. Spruce and Wilson. 



11. Phascum cuspidatum, Sclu-eb. [Cuspidate Earth 



