140 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



Var. osmundoides [F. osmundoides) of Hedw. and others : 

 stem elongated, somewhat branched; capsule erect. On 

 moist rocks. 



Var. ineurvus{F. incurvum, Schwseg.): stem short, simple; 

 capsnle inclined. 



Yar. fontamim {F. crassipes, Wils. MS.) : stem longer 

 and more robnst ; leaves subobcordate, very broad. On 

 stones slightly immersed in water, near Orford Mount, 

 Warrington. 



Yar. Bloxami [F. Bloxami, Wils. in Lond. Journ. of 

 Bot. 1845, p. 195): very minute; stem simple; leaves 

 remote, spreading, their margins crenulate, mouth of capsule 

 provided with an annulus ; lid obliquely subulate, about the 

 length of the capsule. Found by the Eev. A. Bloxam, near 

 Twycross in Leicestershire, and since in various other loca- 

 lities. 



We doubt not there are many of our readers acquainted 

 with this little Moss, whose small plume-shaped branches, 

 frequently of a deep metallic-green colour, are seen reviving 

 under the influence of Autumn's showers, on almost every 

 shaded clayey bank, as it seems to shun spots that are much 

 exposed to the light. The interest is increased when, 

 towards the close of winter, its dark green capsules throw 



