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On banks, fallow fields, garden-ground, etc. Fr. Autumn 

 and Winter. Eather fonder of shade than the former 

 species, as it is usually found where there is some protec- 

 tion from little grass-tufts or some of the larger Mosses. 

 It varies a good deal in size, form of the capsules, and 

 length of the stems, of which the two enumerated below 

 seem the most distinct. 



Var. major : more robust ; capsule oval-oblong, truncate. 



Var. siibcylindrica : leaves more lanceolate, with long 

 points ; capsule subcylindrical. This is not so common in 

 Britain. It seems to be the var. described by Dr. Taylor 

 in n. Hibernica, as growing near Cork. 

 ' 9. Gyjinostomum Wilsoni, Hook. ( JVilsonian Beard- 

 less lloss.) Leaves oblong-obovate, obtuse, apiculate, mi- 

 nutely reticulated, opaque, entire, the margin slightly re- 

 curved ; capsule oblong-eUiptical, a little contracted at the 

 mouth; lid obliquely rostrate, calyptra scabrous above. — Enffl. 

 Fl.p. 8. Pottia AVilsoni, 3IiilL Spi. pL l.j). 554. 



Discovered near Over, in Cheshire, by Mr. Wilson, and 

 also near Bangor, and Anglesea. Forfar, Mr. Drummond. 

 Fr. February. Much resembling in appearance some va- 

 rieties of G. truncatum, but, on the application of a mag- 

 nifying power, shown to be very distinct. Dr. Hooker, in 



