146 HISTOEY OF BEITISH MOSSES. 



Moss.) Stems elongated; leaves from a broad sheatliing 

 base, subulate, their margins recurved, crisped when dry, 

 pointing in all directions; capsule smooth, oblongo-cylin- 

 drical; subcernuous, strumose; lid rostrate. — Unff. Fl.p. 38. 

 Angstroemia virens, Miiil. Syn.pt. 2. p. 609. 



Marshy ground, on mountains ; Ben Lawers. Er. June. 



10. DiCRANUM ScHREBEEiANUM, Hedw. {Sclirehenan 

 Fork Moss.) Stems rather short, simple, tufted; leaves 

 squarrose, from a very broad sheathing base, suddenly subu- 

 late, crisped when dry ; capsule ovate, subcernuous ; struma 

 distinct; lid rostrate, curved. — Engl. Fl. p. 38. Angstroe- 

 mia Schreberi, M'dll. 8yn.pt. \. p. 439. 



Oq the ground in Glen Tilt, at the foot of Beu-y-gloe, in 

 Perthshire. Hooker and Greville, 1832. Tr. August. 

 <' This has the mode of growth of B. varmm, and the squar- 

 rose foliage of B. sqitarrosum;" the whole plant however is 

 smaller, and the capsule is distinctly strumiferous. 



11. DiCRANUM STRUMiFERUM, Elirh. {Strumose Fork 

 Moss.) Stems elongated ; leaves from a broad sheathing 

 base, subulate, entire, their margins plane, crisped when dry, 

 pointing in all directions; capsule furrowed, oblong-ovate, 

 subcernuous, strumose; lid rostrate. — Fnf/.Fl.p.Z9 ; MilU. 

 Sijn.pt. 2.^;. 592. 



