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9. M. cinclidioides, Blytt.; dioicous; stems and radical 

 branches erect, elongated; leaves large, rounded, somewhat 

 ovate or oval-oblong, toothed or nearly entire ; sporangium 

 pendulous, oval; lid convex, apiculate. — Hook, fy Wils. t. li. ; 

 (Mouff. $ Nest. n. 931.) 



In bogs, amongst the Scottish mountains. Bearing fruit 

 on the Continent in June. 



Forming dense yellowish patches. Stems much elongated, 

 lower leaves rounded, somewhat ovate or oblong; upper 

 broadly Ungulate, often emarginate, with a short apiculus; 

 leaf-cells rather large ; marginal cells narrow, but not forming 

 a cartilaginous border, though they vary in different parts of 

 the same leaf. 



A very fine species. Mougeot's specimens are either mixed 

 with some other species, or the leaves have sometimes a thick 

 swollen border. 



c. Leaves distinctly bordered, quite entire. 



10. M. punctatum, Hedw. ; dioicous ; stem and radical 

 branches erect ; leaves spreading, roundish ; upper leaves sub- 

 obovate, entire, strongly bordered, with a minute apiculus; 

 sporangium subpendulous, oval; lid shortly beaked. — Hook. 

 # Wils. t. xxx. ; Eng. Bot. t. 1183. ; (Plate 17, fig. 6) ; Moug. 

 % Nest. n. 136. 



On shady banks, near springs, etc., especially in sandy or 

 slaty districts. ' Bearing fruit in spring. 



Forming wide patches of a deep-green above, and reddish 

 below. Leaves crisped when dry; leaf-cells large; nerve 

 reaching to the tip or ceasing a little below; lid conical, 

 beaked, shorter than the sporangium. 



A most beautiful Moss. In those parts of Wales where this 

 Moss abounds, and Rhododendrons flourish, the seedlings take 

 root in the tufts better than in any other situation. 



