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23. B. pallens, Swartz ; dioicous, stem short, soft, red ; 

 branches elongated, slender; leaves more or less spreading, 

 ovato-acuminate or ovali-lanceolate, mucronate; border slightly 

 thickened and recurved ; nerve slightly excurrent ; sporangium 

 subclavato-pyriform, incurved, cernuous, long-necked; lid 

 small, convex, pointed. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xxix. ; {Moug. 1$ 

 Nest. n. 729.) 



Near springs. Bearing fruit in June. 



Forming soft pale reddish patches. Stem 1-3 inches 

 long; lower leaves distant, upper more crowded ; sporangium 

 contracted beneath the mouth when dry. 



24. B. turbinatum, Bchwceg. ; dioicous ; tufted, rather 

 rigid; stem simple or branched; leaves crowded, erecto- 

 patent, subdecurrent, ovato-lanceolate, obscurely toothed 

 above; nerve running out into a very short point; margin 

 reflexed towards the base; sporangium pendulous, broadly 

 pyriform, contracted below the mouth when dry; lid mam- 

 miliary. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xlviii. ; {Moug. §■ Nest. n. 222.) 



In wet places. Lancashire and Norfolk. 



Forming thick pale-green or reddish patches. Stem short 

 or elongated ; leaves concave, distant in the lower part of the 

 stem, crowded above. 



In general, easily known from the last by the absence of any 

 decided green tint ; the leaves moreover are not so acuminate, 

 the margin quite even above, and the sporangium of a dif- 

 ferent shape and not long-necked. 



25. B. roseum, Dill.; dioicous; stem decumbent at the 

 base ; upper leaves very large, spathulato-acuminate, serrated 

 above ; margin reflexed below ; nerve reaching almost to the 

 tip ; sporangia pendulous, oblong, slightly incurved, lid mam- 

 millary .—Hook. % Wils. t. xxix. ; Eng. Bot. t. 2395. ; (Plate 18, 

 fig. 2). Moug. &; Nest. n. 833. 



