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strong nerve disappearing at tlie point ; perichffitinl leaves 

 pale, stretching ont into a long, attenuated, sliglitl)^ reflexed 

 point, subdenticulate ; tlieca slightly inclined or subcernii- 

 ous, on a strong, short, red pedicel ; lid conico-acuminate, 

 straight. 



On calcareous soil near Dorking, Surrey, Mr. Mitten. It 

 appears, according to Miiller, to inhabit the "calcareous 

 maritime districts of the whole of Europe, but everywhere 

 very rare in fruit." 



4. Hypnum cirrhosum, Schw. [Cirrkose Feather Moss.) 

 " Very similar to //. blandnm, but the branches are upright 

 and more turgid ; leaves broader, obtuse, with a somewhat 

 long hair reflexing from the obtuse apex." The fruit has 

 not been discovered. Ben Lawers, G. W. Lyon, Esq. 



Eound first on the Carinthian Alps, by Schwaegricheu ; 

 afterwards in the Tyrol, Bavaria, and Sweden. 



5. Hypnum condensatum, Wils. [Matted Feather Moss.) 

 "Stem creeping, with short, simple, incurved branches; 

 the leaves ovate, concave, spreading, secund, serrulate, with 

 plane margins; capsule erect, oblong; lid conical, sub-ros- 

 trate." Hypnum cajspitosum, Wils. 



On sandstone walls at Longford, near Warrington, Mr. 

 Wilson. More recently at Frodsham, Cheshire. 



