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we believe, has not been found in Britain, and is rare on 

 the Continent. 



7. DicRANUM CERVicuLATUM, Hedw. {Recl-nec/cecl Fork 

 Moss.) Stems short; leaves lanceolato-subulate, entire, 

 subsecund, their nerve very broad ; capsule ovate, subcer- 

 nuous, strumose; lid rostrate. — Eng. Fl. p. 47. Angstroe- 

 mia cerviculata, Mull. 8yn.pt. \. p. 430. 



Moist banks and heaths, sides of drains, etc. Fr. June. 

 Of a yellowish colour, growing in dense tufts. 



8. DiCRANUM FLEXUosuM, Hedw. {Zigzag Fork Moss.) 

 Stems nearly simple, rigid ; leaves lanceolato-subulate, much 

 acuminated, straight, their nerve very broad ; seta flexuose ; 

 calyptra fringed at the base ; capsule ovate, at length stri- 

 ated ; hd rostrate. — Eng. Fl.p. 38 ; Mull. Syn.pt. \.p. 400. (_ 



On turf bogs, and wet rocks. Fr. Winter. This species 

 varies considerably; when growing on the low ground it 

 is generally barren, and the leaves fall off in great quantities, 

 whence a synonym, Bryum fragile. On higher ground it 

 is blacker in colour, and the leaves are diaphanous at the 

 points. 



tt Nerve narrow. 

 * Capsule vnth a struma. 



9. DicRAXUM YiREXs, Hcdw. {Green Sptir -fruited Fork 



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