56 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



33. PHASCUM. 



1. P. cuspidatum, minute; stem simple; leaves ovate-acumi- 

 nate, the nerve reaching to or beyond the point, the upper ones 

 connivent, concealing the broadly elliptical nearly sessile capsule. 



Hob. On sandy banks and earth dikes, in even patches, not 

 uncommon. Spring. 



2. P. subulatum, leaves erect, subulate, dilated at the base, 

 entire. 



Hob. On sandy banks, in dense tufts. OrdwheeL Spring. 



Stem simple, tufted, 3 or 4 lines high ; leaves erect, the up- 

 per ones long, and overtopping the capsule, yellowish- 

 green ; capsule shortly stalked, ovate-globose, covered with 

 a glossy golden sort of network ; lid curved, short ; seeds 

 very numerous, small, round. 



3. P. serratum, very minute, stemless ; leaves lanceolate, nerve- 

 less, reticulated, serrated, overtopping the globular reddish-brown 

 capsule. 



Hal. Corn fields of a light peat soil, intermixed with 

 Gymnostomum truncatulum, not common. Autumn. 



So minute is this curious moss, that it will probably only at 

 tract the notice of the cryptogamist while examining, with 

 attention, the more conspicuous plants amongst which it 

 grows. It is furnished at the base with branched conferva- 

 like shoots, the use and nature of which seem somewhat 

 doubtful. 



34. ANDREA. 



1. A. rupestris, stems branched ; leaves ovate, gradually acu- 

 minated, entire, nerveless. HOOKER, Lin. Trans, x. 391, t. 31, 

 f. 2. 



Hob. On rocks, growing in short rigid tufts of a dark- 

 brown colour. At Ordwheel, Berwickshire. Near the 

 summit of Hedge-hope, Northumberland. 



OBS. In this Order I have followed the nomenclature of Drs. 

 HOOKER and TAYLOR'S Muscologia Britannica, 8vo, Lond. 1818, 

 a work indispensably necessary to the student of British 

 mosses. 



