46 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



^ar. /S. FEiGiDA, Hueb. {A. Grimsulana, ed. 1, p. 22). 

 Larger, more robust, flexuosej prostrate. L. broader, 

 more solid. Br. 



Ben McDhui ; Beamsley Pell, Yorkshire. 



Var. 7. HAMATA, Lindb. L. lax, fuscous, green when 

 young, strongly falcate, gradually tapering from base. 

 Br. 



Luggielow, CO. Wicklow ; Carfury, near Penzanpe. 



Var. S. FAioATA, Schp. {A. falcata, ed. 1, p. 22). 

 Slender. L. falcato-secund, suddenly lanceolate-subu- 

 late from a dilated obovateTDase, nerve flattened, ending 

 at or below apex, which is slightly erose at margin. 



Alpine rocks, not uncommon. 



Scotland ; Cumberland ; Devon ; N. Wales, &c. 



6. A. crassinervis, Bruch., Braith. M. FL, p. 11, t. Ic. 

 Tufts depressed, deep black. St. prostrate, ascending, 

 fragile. L. shining, falcato-secund, subulate from an 

 oblong base, nerve thick, excurrent into the round 

 papillose subula, margin entire, cells quadrate ; per. 1. 

 erecto-patent, convolute, nerveless. 



Alpiue rocks. July, August. 



Hebden Bridge, 1864; Scotland; Snowdon, 1853; 

 Cumberland; Cheshire; N. Wales; Upper Lough 

 Bray, L-eland. 



Tribe ii. Sphaqnace^. 



3. SPHAGNUM, Bill. 



[N.B. — The arrangement of this genus is adopted 



from Dr. Braithwaite's splendid Monograph, and the 



diagnoses are, in the greater part, abbreviated from 



his, as indeed they could not be better described.] 



A. Cymbifolia. 

 Plants robust, loosely tufted. Br. turgid, those of 



