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4. H. glareosum, Bruch, mss. ; stem procumbent or ascend- 

 ing, irregularly divided; leaves crowded, pointing in every 

 direction, ovate, with a very long, often twisted, nearly entire 

 point, sulcate; nerve slender, reaching above the middle; 

 sporangium curved, lid conical. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xxxv. lv. ; 

 (Moug. ty Nest. n. 1133.) 



On shaded, gravelly grassy banks. Occasionally from Lan- 

 cashire to Yorkshire. Bearing fruit, but rarely, late in autumn 

 or winter. 



Dioicous; forming depressed or csespitose, silky masses of 

 a whitish green. Stems about 2 inches long, procumbent 

 or ascending, loosely branched or occasionally slightly pin- 

 nate ; leaves ovate, erecto-patent, grooved, ovate or ovato- 

 lanceolate, with a very acuminate, almost hair-like, often 

 twisted point, which is more or less serrate above only, the 

 nerve slender, and reaching more than halfway up ; leaf-cells 

 narrow, but not so much so as in the last; margin slightly 

 reflected towards the base ; sporangium oblong, curved, cer- 

 nuous, reddish-brown, at length black ; lid conical, very acute; 

 fruitstalk smooth, reddish, about an inch long. 



Closely allied to the last, but distinguished by its dioicous 

 inflorescence, the looser texture of the more acuminate, less 

 serrated leaves, the paler colour, etc. It will be seen from 

 the two figures quoted above how much the serrature varies. 

 In specimens from Cotteral, I find it just intermediate be- 

 tween the two. 



5. H. albicans, DHL, Neck. ; stem erect, loosely tufted, 

 slightly branched ; leaves pointing every way, ovato-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire, sulcate, nerve reaching beyond the middle ; 

 sporangium ovate, cernuous, lid conical, acute. — Hook. §• Wils. 

 t. xxv.; Eng. Bot. t. 1300.; (Plate 5, fig. 1) ; Moug. §■ Nest. 

 n. 236. 



