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Forming irregular tufts. Membrane of inner peristome 

 adhering to outer teeth; processes free; cilia rudimentary; 

 border of orifice glossy. 



Closely allied to the next species. 



5. B. lacustre, Bland; synoicous; stems short, branched, 

 radiculose; lower leaves distant, widely ovate, acute, upper 

 crowded, ovato- lanceolate, concave, entire; margin reflected; 

 nerve reaching almost to the apex or excurrent ; sporangium 

 soft, inclined, oblongo-pyriform ; lid small, apiculate; cilia 

 rudimentary. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xlviii. 



Moist sandy places. Suffolk and Norfolk. Bearing fruit 

 in summer. 



Forming loose irregular tufts. Stems very short ; leaves 

 very concave; leaf-cells large; sporangia inclined or pendu- 

 lous, variable in size in the same tuft as is the length of the 

 fruitstalk, rugulose when dry, not constricted below the mouth. 



6. B. ealophyllum. Brown; monoicous; stem slightly ra- 

 diculose; upper leaves erecto-patent, widely ovate, entire, 

 subacute with an obtuse apiculus ; sporangium elliptico-oblong, 

 pendulous; lid short, convex, more or less apiculate; inner 

 peristome free. — Hook. ty Wils. t. xxxiii. 



Ou the sandy shore at Southport, Lancashire. Bearing 

 fruit in September. 



Gregarious ; forming little green tufts. Stem short ; leaf- 

 cells large ; teeth of outer peristome yellow- brown, inner peri- 

 stome free ; cilia rudimentary or solitary and appendiculate. 



7. B. Marratii, Wils. ; monoicous ; stem slightly radicu- 

 lose ; leaves spreading, concave, elliptic, obtuse, entire ; fruit- 

 stalk long and slender; sporangium small, pendulous, subglo- 

 boso-turbinate ; lid conical, rostellate ; inner peristome adhe- 

 rent. — Hook. §• Wils. t. xxxii. 



On the sandy shore at Southport with the last. Bearing 

 fruit in September. 



