50 SYNOPSIS OF BftlTISH MOSSES. 



bordered. Eetort cells of branches without any pro- 

 jecting neck. 



Deep bogs; no doubt often mistaken ior subsecun- 

 dum. 



Near Holyhead; Vale Eoyal, Cheshire; Loch Kander, 

 Braemar. First found by Dr. Spruce at Terrington 

 Garrj Yorkshire, in 1846. 



Var. 7. PLATYPHTLLUM. Br. short. St. 1. Ungulate, 

 distinctly auricled ; br. 1. very broad and concave. 



Pass between Aber and Llanrwst, N. Wales. 



Var. S. CYCLOPHYLLUM. Tufts generally short, turgid, 

 simple. ' St. 1. very large, orbicular, concave, cucullate. 



Shore of Loch Katrine. 



13. S. subseoundum, Nees. Tall and slender. St. 

 brown or blackish in the type (green in vars. /8 and 7), 

 with only one layer of cortical cells. Br. 2 — 3, 

 spreading, 1 — 2 pendent but not appressed, retort cells 

 slightly recurved at apex and perforate. St. 1. small 

 (large in var. S), more or less auricled, cucullate, very 

 minutely fringed, border narrow, upper cells fibrose 

 and porose, lower almost without fibres. Br. 1. more 

 or less subsecund, broadly acuminato-elliptic, very 

 .concave, narrowly bordered, apex 3 — 5 toothed, hyaline' 

 cells elongate, fibrose, numerously porose, chl. cells 

 central, much compressed. 



Turf bogs, and about springs and streams in moor- 

 lands, &c. Frequent. June, July. 



Var. ^. CONTOETUM. Dark olive-green. St. green. 

 Br. crowded, usually more or less contorted and 

 twisted. Br. 1. larger, broader. 



Deep bogs. Frequent. 



Var. 7. TUEGiDUM, Muell. St. green. Br. swollen, 

 with large very broad leaves, truncate at apex, 



