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or subpinnate, somewhat complanate; leaves complanato-se- 

 cund, loose, ovato-lanceolate, nerveless ; sporangium ovate or 

 oblong, tapering at the base, cernuous; lid conical, rather 

 blunt.— Hook $ Wils. t. lviii. (Moug. §■ Nest. n. 1322). 



Moist banks, pastures, fallow fields, etc., where the soil is 

 calcareous. From Scotland to Sussex, occasionally. Fruit, 

 not however yet found in England, produced in spring. 



Dioicous, according to Wilson, or, according to Schimper, 

 pseudomonoicous ; forming loose pale-green patches. Stems 

 prostrate ascending or suberect, irregularly and sparingly 

 branched or subpinnate ; leaves loosely imbricated, sometimes 

 much flattened, ovato-lanceolate, acute, sometimes falcato-se- 

 cund, nerveless or faintly two- nerved, entire or slightly toothed 

 above; margin plane; fruitstalk 2 inches long, even; spo- 

 rangium ovate, tapering below, curved, cernuous ; lid conical, 

 rather obtuse. 



Differs from every form of the last, according to Wilson, 

 whether complanate or not in the acute not acuminate leaves, 

 but they are certainly acuminate in specimens from Sussex, 

 The pseudomonoicous inflorescence, distinctly described by 

 Schimper, is probably the most trustworthy character. 



76. H. ochraceum, Turn. ; dioicous ; stem suberect, spa- 

 ringly branched, flaccid; leaves secund, ovato-lanceolate, con- 

 cave ; nerve forked ; perichsetial leaves recurved ; sporangium 

 cernuous, tapering at the base ; lid conical. — Hook, fy Wils. t. 

 lviii. 



On stones in and near alpine rivulets, Scotland, Ireland, and 

 Lancashire. Bearing fruit in May and June. 



Forming ochraceous tufts or patches. Stems erect or pro- 

 cumbent, sparingly branched; leaves more or less secund, 

 sometimes falcate, concave, ovato-lanceolate, acute, scarcely 

 acuminate, nearly or quite entire, with a forked or single nerve 



