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



disappearing below the point; fruit at length lateral. 



(TAB. V.) 



P. axillare. Dicks. Crypt, fasc. \.p.2. t. I./. 3. Turn. Mu*c. Hib. 

 p. 1. Engl Bot. t. 1036. P. nitidum. Hedw. St. Cr. v.l.t. 34. P. stric- 

 tum. Dicks. Crypt, fasc. tAO.f.l. Engl Bot. t. 2093. 

 HAB. Moist banks. 



This and the preceding may be recognised from the rest 

 of the genus by their very narrow leaves and usually pale yel- 

 low colour. P. sululaium is distinguished from P. axillare 

 by its more acuminated leaves, their more rigid texture, 

 and stronger nerve. We can perceive no difference between 

 specimens received from Mr. Dickson himself, of P. strictum 

 and our P. axillare. The serratures of the leaves repre- 

 sented by the author, appear to us to arise from a contrac- 

 tion of the marginal cellules. 



ft Leaves more or less ovate. 

 H- Fruitstalk entirely immersed among the leaves. 



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



disappearing below the point. (TAB. V.) 



P. patens. Hedw. St. Cr. v.l.t. 10. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 2. Engl 

 Bot, t. 1279. P. recurvifolium. Dick*. 



HAB. Clay fields. 



This plant has remarkably patent leaves, as its name im- 

 plies ; moreover, they are strongly serrated, and their nerves 

 disappear before reaching their points, circumstances which 

 alone would suffice to keep it distinct from P. cuspidatum* 

 A slight variety with narrower leaves is the P. recurvifo- 

 lium Dicks. (P. pachycarpon Schwaegr.?) 



7. P. muticum; leaves ovato-rotundate, acuminate, concave, 



connivent, the nerve reaching to the point. (TAB. V.) 

 a. majus. Leaves sharply serrated at their points. 

 P. muticura. Schreb. de Phase, t. 1. /. 11-14. Turn. Muse. Hib. 

 t. 3. Engl Bot. t. 2027. P. acaulon ft. Linn. Dill Muse. t. 32. 

 /.12. 



ft. minus; leaves entire. 



HAB. Moist banks. /3. Banks near the sea at Torquay, 

 Devon. 



This is a species admirably distinguished by its leaves 

 being so connivent about the capsule as to form an ovate 

 bulb. We have found an extremely small variety at Tor- 

 quay in Devonshire, which we have distinguished above, 

 and which approaches so nearly to the P. Florkeanum of 

 Schwaegrichen, that we find no other difference than that 



