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subsecund, nerveless, entire, nearly even except when dry; 

 sporangium ovato-oblong, suberect ; lid conical, acute. — Hook. 

 §■ Wils. t. liv. 



On subalpine rocks. Barren in this country, bearing fruit 

 on the Continent in summer. 



Dioicous; forming dense rufous or purplish tufts. Stem 

 more slender, delicate, divided ; branches erect; leaves sub- 

 secund, tapering from the base, entire, nerveless ; fruitstalk 1 

 inch long ; sporangium slightly inclined, ovate-oblong ; lid 

 convex, acute ; inner peristome with or without intermediate 

 cilia. 



Very nearly allied to O. rufescens, but differing in size, 

 habit, and the form of the sporangium. 



19. MYITBELLA, Schimp. 



Sporangium suberect, symmetrical ; ring distant ; peristome 

 large ; inner broad, with short intermediate binate cilia ; leaf- 

 cells hexagonal, loose. Branches filiform, closely imbricated, 

 so as to look scaly ; leaves papillose behind. 



1. M. julacoa, Schimp.; stem slender, suberect, slightly 

 branched, divisions erect ; leaves closely imbricated, roundish, 

 ovate, obtuse or apiculate, concave, minutely serrate, nerveless; 

 sporangium suberect, minute, oval-oblong, tapering below; 

 lid conical. — Hook. §• Wils. t. xxiv. ; Eng. Bot. t. 2525. 



On alpine rocks. Scotland and Yorkshire. Bearing fruit 

 in summer. 



Forming little, pale-glaucous and at length yellowish tufts, 

 which are very brittle when dry. Stem erect or ascending, 

 slightly branched ; branches and branchlets erect, proliferous ; 

 leaves closely imbricated, roundish, obtuse, or pointed, nerve- 

 less or with a faint pair of nerves, very minutely toothed; 

 reticulation subhexagonal, short, papillose behind ; fruitstalk 



