. 
84 THE CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA OF KENT. 
On roots of trees by sluggish streams. Frequent. The fructifica- 
tion rather rare. April, May. Bry. Eur. Suppl. iii., iv. 
Posts, &c., within reach of floods at Tunbridge ; Je. enner Tunbr. 
1, Penshurst a abundant; on a tree near Ashover 
ood, in fructificatio 
This species generally — in pemoey with the next species and 
Orthotrichu 
um Sprucet. It may be distinguished from the 
former by having the leaves distinctly margined and mucronate, 
not — “ emarginate. 
T. LATIFoLIA, 
On roots of ae sai posts, near a April, May. The fructi- 
cation very rare. Bry. Eur. ii., t. 164 
‘One ‘plant in fruit, on an old Wace nate: Tunbridge and the 
Powder Mills, May, 1844;” Jenner Tunbr. Pens ae a 
eats on the Mi of a tree by the oa soo near a pond; 
the root of a large tree at the top of the hill n ar Otford. Station 
(the large i root of this tree forms ‘ameilae in which 
— rain vor tie 
T.. sUBULA 
On sandy hedgebanks i in hilly districts. Frequent. Bry. Eur. ii., 
Grcentithe : George! Abbey Wood; Hayes Common; Ide Hill, 
near — enoaks ; Halstead ; Ightham ; Hythe. 
RURALIS, Hedw Ww. 
“Thatched roofs, sandy shores, walls, trees, &c. Very common Bry. 
Eur. ii., t. 166. The fructification rather ra rare, 
Dunton ae George! Sandhills near Sandwich; Lydd; New 
R 
This spociea “when on trees may ‘be distinguished from 
T. levipila by its sath tapering slightly towards the apex. 
which i is slightly hyaline and serrate, and by the rough hair- 
2B: hee cianptly rid. Tortula ruralis, — minor, Wils. ( Wils.). 
On chalky ‘or say ar banks and walls. eters. sini early 
sprin 
Boughton. Monchelsea. 
In this species the leaves are more erect and “aarbcae than in the last, 
and the hair-points very long and ro 
T. naviema, Brid. Tortula ruralis, B. se: Hook. & Grey. 
(Jenner Tunbr. 
‘Trunks of ns Frequent. Generally in fructification. Summer. 
ur. i, t. 16 
Trunks of: trees at pent pe wteden &e.; Jenner Tunbr. 
he a Lympne ; Dover; 
“6 in mars 
n trees in Pp locali near ae. 0! h - 
ra sit preaeta, Fate r = es. The fructi 
Hedge near Postling; Hothfield Park, on trees near the pond; 
_ trees — Lympne, abundant. 
This species may be recognised at Sight from Z:lavpite, with which 
it grows intermixed, by the involute margins of the leaves, and 
the gemmee in the centre of the : sok 
