88 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



13. Gymnostomum pyriforme, Hedw. [Sharp Pear- 

 shaped Beardless Moss.) Leaves ovato-acumiuate, concave, 

 serrated, not margined ; capsule roundish-obovate ; lid con- 

 vex, shortly rostrate. — Engl. Fl. p. 9. Physcomitrium 

 pyriforme. Mull. Syn. p. 116. 



Wet banks and ditch-sides, in shady situations. Tr. 

 Spring. With much of the habit of the preceding species, 

 from which it may be distinguished by the want of a tliick- 

 ened margin to the leaf and the lid being slightly rostrate. 

 It is also paler in colour and larger in size. Frequently 

 associated with Funaria hygrometrica. 



14. Gymnostomum TENUE. {Few-leavcd Beardless Moss.) 

 Stems scarcely any; leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, erect, 

 obtuse, short, with a strong nerve, disappearing below the 

 summit ; the upper or pericheetial ones much elongated and 

 with an obscm'e nerve; capsule oblong, lid acuminated. 

 — Engl. Fl. p. 10. Weissia tenuis. Mull. Syn. pt. 1. 

 p. 660. 



On sandstone rocks, especially where there is a slight 

 degree of moisture. Fr. June. An interesting little 

 species, and, being furnished with an annulus, or thickened 

 ring, at the mouth of the capsule, may be regarded as a con- 

 necting link with the Fringed-mouth Mosses. Though no- 



