KEY TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF BRITISH MOSSES, 185 
BLINDIA. 
1 {6 aps. immersed; perist. absent; pl. v. small . scoenccsee vec coeOBSpurreus 
Caps. exserted; perist, single; pl. 1—4 in acuta 
BRACHYTHECIUM. 
1 fre my a to song, soolie® ve seeseseseCtrrhosum 
Ls. without filiform apiculus, a 2 
2 Seta ¥ Is: aT Ww. ie ‘a aper: sic acumen 3 
Seta cuts. at least above; Is. usu. less plica 5 
Pl. monoicous or synoicous; ls. usu. serrul. one seeeeeees8alebrosum 
Pl. dioicous; Is. nearly or quite entire 4 
Branches few, erect, cylindric; 1s. pale, v. concave 
Pl. usu. procumbent, more branched; acumen usu. iaeieaeall 
Seta rough throughout 6 
Seta smooth Salen; rough above only 12 
Ls. narrowly oblong-lanc.; pl. slender and small 7 
St. Is. iter. ovate or oblong; pl. usu. larger 8 
Ls. nerved alm. to apex; eo sube aaa lid eng tataba ulewm 
N. ceasing far tales apex; caps. cernuous; lidr. blunt ...velutinwm 
Ls. v. bine ovate, w. short acute e points GiOICOUS ...ss0seeeee rivulare 
a rl. acuminate; monoicou 9 
St. Vv. spreading, ovate- ee . long fine points 10 
Ls. ovate, not cordate, usu. ae | len imbricate 11 
Pl. small and slender; Is. nerved tO APEX ........00088 sovveces cee POflECUmM 
Pl. much larger; 1s. nerved about 4 ee at of length Starkit 
Pl. small; Is. itcisats, with r. marked auricles..................glaciale 
robust; ls. sc. imbric., without distinct auricles .........rutabulum 
Ls. v. plicate, w. long acumen; c alm. cylindric .........campestre 
Ta. not pues w. aborter pointe Nast rie cose Apes 
St. stoloniferous; upper ls. in a rosette, large, spathul. .........rosewm 
St. not stoloniferous} ls. smaller, not . markedly PUBORIOO ccccecirscccece 
Pl. silvery white; ls. taper i v. concave, n. chat". aes 
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2) Pl. red, green, or bro 
3 Brs. julaceous w. rig creep imbric. ls.; cells alm. linear............ 4 
Brs. not julaceous; cells m. orl. ndtiecHdsthomboid sUGueutes ceseeetes 5 
4 {Ls ls oe -ovate, obtuse or apic icul., not nerved to nea seeveeeenfiliforme 
Ls. rower, acute or subacute, ‘nerved alm. to apex tO cinnatum 
5 sticiate, or mevasad apicul. only 6 
Ls. m. or 1. acute or acuminate 9 
Ls. not bordered; ‘tilts without appendages ; ia oer seks —- 
Ls. m. or 1. disasters. cilia Eipeecesilate: dioi 
elliptical, subnavicular; caps. small, sebplocas emetic pa 9 
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Ls. e. 
MLs. sendy orbionlaeoviee: caps. tes tn veseesessnslophyllum 
g | Ls. cucullate, margin inflexed BHOVO, GENUS .....-crereosssees neodamense 
over at oe srr at ‘apex; pl. robust [var of] petites ves Schleichert 
i 10 
9 
{Cilia wal well: “daveloper: “with hooked ona ecs sesteessvenssseansnenseeee dD 
oa me pope Beg v. compris caps. eee! roundish ........+ 
upper in axils ......sesseeeeseee--Barnesi@ 
PE: ni: less coneave; caps. jhaied 11 
. 8C. 5 ainda margin plane above; caps. r. short ......... Warneum 
\ie . distinctly bendareny: caps. longer 12 
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