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Wet spongy spots on the mountains^ especially at the 

 fountain-head of streams ; rare in fruit. Fr. Summer and 

 Autumn. By some authors it is placed in the strumiferous 

 section — or genus Oncoj^honis, — but this structure is very 

 obscure in it. 



" Parching summer hath no warrant 

 To consume this crystal well : 

 Rains that make each rill a torrent 

 Neither sully it nor swell." 



17. DiCRANUM PELLUCiDUM, Sw. {Pelliicicl Forlc IIoss.) 

 stems branched; leaves lanceolate, their margins slightly 

 waved, serrated, rather obtuse, pointing in all directions; 

 capsule ovate, subcernuous ; lid rostrate. — Eng. Fl. p. 40. 

 Angstrcemia pellucida, Mall.8yn.pt. l.p. 606, 



Sides of streams and rivers. Tr. Autumn. Resembling 

 B. Jlavescens, from which it is distinguished by its more 

 ovate, shorter, and inclined capsules. 



18. DiCRANUM SPURIUM, Hcdw. {Spuriozis Fork Moss.) 

 Stems elongated; leaves ovate, concave, erecto-patent, di- 

 rected to every side, the upper ones lanceolate, serrulate ; / 

 capsule oblong, curved; lid rostrate. — Eng. Fl. p. 40; 

 Mull. Sj/n. pt. 1. />. 356. 



On moist sandy and gravelly heaths, and in bogs ; York- 



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