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inch long ; sporangium ovatej cernuous, curved when dry ; lid 

 conical, rather obtuse ; ring large, deciduous. 



This common and variable species differs from H. rutabulum 

 in its smaller size, more creeping habit, and narrower sub- 

 secund leaves. The branches are sometimes very slender, and 

 vary in quantity ; the leaves are opaque or shining, and the 

 colour green or inclining to tawny. 



7. H. reflexum, Web. fy Mohr ; stem procumbent, arched 

 at the end and rooting, irregularly pinnate; branches in- 

 curved ; leaves erecto-patent, ovate, acuminate, serrated, 

 nerved to the tip, lid conical, acute. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xxiv. ; 

 (Mouff. §■ Nest. n. 424.) 



In subalpine countries, on the trunks of trees or on stones. 

 Principally in Scotland. Perfecting fruit in late autumn and 

 early spring. 



Monoicous. Stem slender, procumbent, arched at the ex- 

 tremity, and rooting, light green, irregularly pinnate, the 

 branches and branchlets curved at the tips; leaves erecto- 

 patent or slightly subsecund, ovate, acuminate, toothed ; leaf- 

 cells large, especially at the base ; nerve reaching to the tip ; 

 fruitstalk rough, half an inch long ; sporangium ovato-globose ; 

 lid conical, acute. 



Allied to the last, but the leaves are in general shorter, 

 though sometimes quite as acuminate and not broader at the 

 base, the nerve almost excurrent, and the tips of the branches 

 and branchlets curved. The sporangia, also, are more globose. 

 8. H. rutabulum, L. ; stem creeping, branches and branch- 

 lets erect, mostly attenuated upwards ; leaves spreading, ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate ; nerve reaching a little above the middle • 

 fruitstalk rough; sporangium ovate, cernuous; lid conical, 

 blunt, with a little point. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xxvi.; Eng. Bot. 

 t. J 261, 1647.; (Plate 5, fig. 5) ; Moug. % Nest. n. 143. 



