48 SYNOPSIS OF BEITISH MOSSES. 



Near Penzance. 



Var. 7. STENOPHTLLTTM. Br. 1. ovate-oblong, less 

 concave and almost entire above.' 



Penzance ; Staveley. 



c. Cells of bark of stem, outer without fibres, inner 

 with fibres and large pores. 



9. S. Austini, 8ull. Ochraceous. St. dark brown, 

 tufts very thick and spongy. St. 1. Ungulate, obtuse, 

 fringed, cells as in No. 7. Br. 1. closely imbricate, 

 ovate-oblong, concave, less cucullate, strongly muri- 

 culate at back, cells with fibres and large pores ; chl. 

 cells triangular, projecting between the hyaline on 

 concave surface of leaf, the latter at union densely 

 papillose internally. Peduncular bracts with lower 

 cells narrow, empty, upper fibrose and porose. 



Grows in great elevated hassocks in swamps. 



Isle of Lewis, 1868 ; Moss Raplock, Barend Moss, 

 and Auchencairn Moss, Kirkcudbright (J. McAndrew, 

 1882). These are the only known British localities. 



Var. ;8. riMBRiATUM, Braith., Sphag., p. 34 {imbri- 

 catum, Hornsch). Dense-cushioned, dark brown tufts. 

 Br. shoi-t, densely crowded. L. closely imbricated. 



Isle of Lewis (Moore), Witherslack Moss (Barnes), 

 Moss Raplock (McAndrew, 1882). 



B. Snbsecanda. 



Soft, loosely tufted. Br. 1. usually subsecund, 

 erecto-patent, broadly ovate, concave, broadly mar- 

 gined, margins involute above, Dioicous. 



10. S. tenellum, Ehr, Pale greenish-yellow. St. 

 short, sti^aw-coloured, bark of two layers not porose. 

 Br. pale red, loose leaved, retort-cells of bark with 



