364 Mr. R. Spruce on the Musci and Hepatice of the Pyrenees. 
which equals 4 or 4 of the rest of the leaf, while those of the ‘ Bryol. 
Europxa’ plant “n’offrent ordinairement qu’une pointe courte, 
formée par le rapprochement des bords de la feuille.”” In habit the 
two plants differ very considerably. i 
There is still one doubt remaining, namely whether B. platyloma, 
Schwgr., and B. obconicum, Hornsch., be merely forms of one and 
the same species. There is some difference in external aspect, and 
the latter has the leaves scarcely marginated, paler and less rigid, 
with a longer-necked, perfectly symmetrical and usually more pen- 
dulous capsule. 
158. B. torquescens, B. et S. Br. Europ. /. c. p. 49. t. 20; 
M. P. 133. 
Hab. Z,_, P. oce. ad terram prope Jurancon et Cauterets.— 
Circa Montpellier (Arnott !). 
“ Var. florescentia monoica ;’” M. P. 1384. B. fuscescens, nob. 
in hb.—Hab. Z,_, P. oce. prope St. Sever in Agro Syrtico, loco 
Landes de Mugriet, in terra arenosa ; etiam in muro prope Oloron. 
(Deser. varietatis.) Plante gregarie. Folia fuscescentia, subpa- 
tula, siccando appressa parum tortilia, elongato-obovata, apiculata, 
nervo tenui excurrente cuspidata, concava, haud carinata, 2-3 cellu- 
larum angustiorum seriebus marginata, apice denticulata. Flores 
Seminei constricti, 6-8 folii. Flores masculi gemmiformes ad feeminet 
basin nati, sessiles vel in innovationibus terminales (rarius in planta 
propria) ; folia perigonialia sub—6, conniventia, exteriora ovato-acu- 
minata, interiora minora, late-ovata, apiculata, antheridia numerosa 
_ paraphysibus numerosis sublongioribus stipata, complectentia. Cap-. 
sula in pedunculo basin versus geniculato arcuatove subpendula, 
elongato-pyriformis, fere clavata, e fusco purpurascens. Operculum 
convexum, apiculatum, aurantiacum, nitens. Peristomium: externi 
dentes pallidi ; internum membrana in processus carina valde pertusos 
apice attenuatos, ciliis 2-3-nis appendiculatis interjectis, fere ad me- 
dium fissa. Annulus latus, compositus. Spore olivacee. 
The monoicous inflorescence is so constant a character in all the 
individuals from the two localities above-cited, that I am led to sup- 
pose this will prove a distinct species. In the typical form of B. tor- 
guescens, from Jurancon and Cauterets, the fertile flowers are all 
hermaphrodite, and quite turgid from the numerous antheridia they 
enclose along with the archegonia. Yet a minute comparison of all 
the other parts does not reveal any marked difference in the two 
plants, and I prefer waiting for further evidence before I undertake 
to decide on their being distinct or otherwise. 
159. B. capillare, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 182; Br. Europ. /. e. 
p- 60. t. 28. 
Hab. Zo_4 “Vav.1.” M. P. 135 (=B. capillare a. Br. Europ.) : 
in planitie et montibus humilioribus, fere ubique ad saxa, &e. 
“Var. 2. foliis longioribus, obovato-lanceolatis, siccitate pa- 
tulis vix tortilibus (minime spiraliter tortis), capsulis elongatis 
