Phascum.'] A S T O M I. 7 



p. 121. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 1. n. 8. Drummond, Muse. Scot. v. 

 I. n. 5. Am. Disp. Muse. p. 7. Nees et Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. v. \. 

 p. 63. t. 6.f. 16. 



P. acaule. Dill. Hist. Muse. t. 32. / 10. 



HAB. Dry banks, plentifully. 



5. P. axillare ; leaves lanceolate-subulate straight, their nerve 



disappearing below the point. (TAB. V.) 



Phascum axillare. Dicks. Crypt. Fasc. I. p. 2. t. \. f. 3. Turn. 



Muse. Hib. p. 1. Smith, Fl. Brit. p. 1149. Engl Bot. t. 1036. Hook- 



Fl. Scot. P. II. p. 122. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 1. n. 7. Am. Disp. 



Muse. p. 7. Nees et Hornsch. v. 1. p. 61. t. 6./ 15. 



P. nitidum. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 34. Brid. Meth. p. 7. 



Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. p. 7. Funck, Deutschl. Moose, t. I. n. 12. 



P. strictum. Dicks. Crypt. Fasc. 4. t. 10. /. 1. Smith, FL Brit. p. 



1151. Engl. Bot. t. 2093. Moug. et Nestl n. 605. Brid. Meth. p. 7. 

 HAB. Moist banks. 



This and the preceding species may be recognized from the 

 rest of the genus by their very narrow leaves., and usually pale 

 yellow colour. P. subulatum is distinguished from P. axillare 

 by its more acuminated leaves, the greater rigidity of their 

 texture, and their stronger nerve ; hence they very much resem- 

 ble bristles when seen with the naked eye. We can perceive 

 no difference between specimens received from Mr. Dickson 

 himself, of P. strictum, and our P. axillare. The serratures of 

 the leaves represented by that author, appear to arise from a 

 contraction of the marginal cellules. 



j- f Leaves more or less ovate. 

 -+ Fruitstalk entirely immersed among the leaves. 



6. P. patens ; leaves patent narrow-ovate serrated, the nerve 



disappearing below the point. (TAB. V.) 



Phascum patens. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 10. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 

 2. Stoith> Fl. Brit. p. 115l). Engl Bot. t. 1279. Schwaegr. Suppl. 

 v. \. p. 7. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 2. n. 4. Funck, Deutschl. Moose, 

 t. 1. n. 15. Brid. Meth. p. 7. (et P. Dicksoni ejusd.J Nees et Hornsch. 

 Bryol Germ. v. 1. p. 49. t. 5.f. 8. Am. Disp. Muse. p. 7. 

 /?. foliis angustioribus. 



P. recurvifolium. Dicks. Crypt. Fasc. 4. p. 1. t. 10. Brid. Meth. 

 p. 6. Nees et Hornsch. Bryol. Germ. v. I. p. 42. t. 5. f. 4. (fg. good). 

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