126 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



Arranged by Mliller in his natural family the Distichiacece, 

 such as have the leaves bifarious, or in two rows. It is 

 found, but not frequent, on the different mountain-ranges of 

 Europe. 



3. DiDYiiODON NERVOsus, Hook. and Taylor. {Thick- 

 nerved Didpiiodon.) Leaves obovate, shortly apiculate, 

 theii- nerve incrassated above ; capsule ovate, erect ; lid 

 shortly rostrate. — Eng. M. p. 28. Trichostomum convolu- 

 tum. Mull. Sijn. pt. 1. p. 590. 



On dry banks, wall-tops, etc., in the south of Britain 

 and Ireland. Fr. Spring. " A gregarious and very minute 

 species. Tound throughout the south of Europe, and also 

 at the Cape of Good Hope." 



4. DiDYMODON FLEXiFOLius, Hook, and Taylor. {JFaty- 

 leaved Didj/modou.) Stems more or less elongated; leaves 

 erecto-patent, oblongo-ovate, flexuose, strongly serrated at 

 the point, the margin recurved below ; capsule erect, cylin- 

 drical; lid rostrate. — B//ff. Fl.p. 28. Trichostomum flexi- 

 folium, 3Iiill. 8yn.pt. \. p. hll . 



On sterile banks, moors, thatched roofs, and where heath 

 has been burned. Er. Spring. A pretty little ]\Ioss, with 

 leaves of a pale yellow-green colour; various stations are 

 given in the ' Muscologia Britaunica.'' 





