BE YUM. 187 



erect. — Hug. FL p. bS. Ainblyodon dealbatus, 3fiill. Sj/n. 

 ptl.p.Ul. 



On boggy and damp places in the plains and subalpine 

 districts. Fr. Summer. This is not a common Moss in 

 Britain, though it is found throughout the most of Europe. 

 The structure of the foliage shows an affinity with the 

 family of Funaria, while that of the capsule and peristome 

 ally it with different sections of the genus to which it 

 belongs. 



b. Teeth of the outer peridome as long as the inner. 



■^ Leaves without a thickened margin. 



t ]S'erve of the leaf not reaching to the jw int. 



6. Bryum squarrosum, Hedw. {Squarrose Thread Moss.) 

 Stems loosely branched, downy, with roots; leaves ovate, 

 acute, serrulate, remarkably reflexed; nerve disappearing 

 below the point ; capsule oblong, nearly erect, unequal, sub- 

 strumose at the base. Paludella squarrosa, Milll. Si/n. pt. 

 \.p. 468. 



Knutsford Moor, Cheshire, Mr. Wilson, April 1833. 

 Pr. (unknown in Britain) Summer. Mtiller well denotes this 

 as " a remarkable genus {Paludella of Ehrhart), uniting the 

 Meesiacea with the Bartramiacea." It is found in the deep 

 marshes of the north of Germany, and other cold districts 



