Pz. cell. fol. 14. MUSCI. 345. Phascum. Til 
Phascum serratum, Engl. Bot. 460; Dicks. Crypt. 1,1. 
Phascum stoloniferum, Dicks. Crypt. 3,7? Engl. Bot. 2006, 
‘On shady sandy banks. 
Capsules large; seeds about 100 in a capsule, large. 
b. Creeping shoots 0; leaves awlshape. 
2. Phascum alternifolium. Alternate-leaved squat-moss. 
Leaves uncut, lanceolate, awlshape; shoots long. 
Phascum alternifolium, Dicks. Crypt. 1,2; Engl. Bot. 2107. 
On moist banks. 
Perichetial leaves large, long; seeds about 16 in each 
capsule, very large, greenish, cornered, without any border. 
8. Phascum crispum. Crisp squat-moss. 
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape, bent, crisp when dry. 
Phascum crispum, Engl. Bot. 1680. 
Phascum multicapsulare, Engl. Bot. 618. 
On banks and fields. 
4. Phascum subulatum. Awlshape squatmoss. 
Leaves awlshape, bristlelike, straight: main rib disap- 
pearing below the point. 
Sphagnum acaulon trichoides, Raii Syn. 105, 6. 
Phascum subulatum, Lin. 8. P. 1570; Engl. Bot. 2177. 
On dry banks. 
5. Phascum axillare. Axillary squat-moss. 
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape, straight; mam rib disap- 
pearing below the point; fru becomes iateral. 
Phascum axillare, Dicks. Crypt. 1,2. 
Phascum nitidum, Hedwig Sé. Crypt. 1, 34. 
Phasecum strictum, Dicks, Crypt.3,23; Engl. Bot. 2093. 
On moist banks. 
C. Creeping shoots 0; leaves ovate ; pedicell immersed in 
the leaves. 
6. Phascum patens. Spreading squat-moss. 
Leaves spread open, narrow, ovate, serrated; main rib 
disappearing below the point. 
Phascum patens, Hedwig. Crypt. 1,10; Engl. Bot. 1279. 
On clay fields. 
B. recurvifolium. Leaves very narrow. 
Phascum recurvifolium, Dickson Crypt. 
