74 HISTORY or BRITISH MOSSES. 



BIoss.) Stem short ; leaves ovate, with a short point ; cap- 

 sule globose, nearly erect. — Enr/. Fl. p. 4; Milll. Syn. 

 pt. l.p. 27. 



Calcareous and clayey fields, wall-tops, etc., chiefly in 

 England and Ireland. Fr. Spring. Found associated with 

 minute Weissias and Gymnostomums. It is common in 

 France, but less so in Germany and the North. 



14. Phascum curvicollum, Hedw. {Crooked-stalked 

 Earth Moss.) Stem short; leaves narrow, ovate, acumi- 

 nated; capsule globose ; seta curved. — Eng.Fl. v, h.pt. 1. 

 p. 4; Mull. Syn.pt. l.p. 27. 



Moist banks in England. Fr. Spring, From P. cmpi- 

 datum this may be known by its lengthened fruitstalk, and 

 from P. rectum by the curvature of that stalk, and by the 

 more flexible, longer, and more acuminated leaves. 



Subsection II. GYMNOSTOMI. 



SPHAGNUM, Linn. (Bog Moss.) 



This name originated with Phny, the Roman naturalist, 

 who applied it to certain arborescent Lichens and Mosses. 

 Pillenius first applied it to this very natural family. All 



