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predominating; fruitstalk very short, straight; leaf- cells as in 

 the last ; spores larger. 



3. P. alternifolium, Br. fy Schimp. ; stem-leaves distant, 

 lanceolato-acuminate ; perichsetial leaves subulato-setaceous, 

 both from a dilated base ; nerve thick, excurrent ; sporangium 

 ovate, immersed; male flowers gemmiform. — Book, fy Wils. 

 t. xxxvii. ; {Moug. fy Nest. n. 707.) 



In fallow fields, etc. Scotland, with the north and south 

 of England. Bearing fruit in spring. 



Monoicous ; forming little brownish tufts. The plant of the 

 first year short, that of the second an inch long from innova- 

 tions ; leaves- minutely toothed above. Differs from the last 

 in the wider base of the leaves, the more predominant nerve, 

 the gemmiform male flowers, and the larger ovate sporangium ; 

 leaf-cells shorter than in the two last. The two-years-old 

 plant with its flagelliform innovations has a very different ap- 

 pearance from that of the first year. 



110. PHASCUM, Linn. 



Sporangium produced into an obtuse beak or apiculus ; 

 columella persistent, veil regularly cucullate ; male flowers 

 axillary ; antheridia naked, sometimes gemmiform ; prothallus 

 not permanent; leaf-cells subrectangular or minute and sub- 

 quadrate, more elongated towards the base. 



1. P. euspidatum, Schreb. ; stem radiculose, simple or 

 branched ; leaves ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate and cuspidate, 

 erect, keeled, concave, hair-pointed from the excurrent nerve ; 

 sporangium roundish on a short fruitstalk, immersed. — Hook. 

 Sf Wils. t. v. ; Eng. Bot. t. 2025, 2026, 2259. ; {Moug. # 

 Nest. n. 307.) 



On the ground, especially in a sandy soil. Common. Bear- 

 ing fruit in early spring. 



