60 SYNOPSIS OP BEITISH MOSSES. 



Clayfields and banks. Autumn, spring. 



31. H. tortile, Schw. St. i — J inch, densely tufted 

 ■with fastigiate branches. L. oblong-lanceolate, spread- 

 ing or suberect, cui'ved, concave, margin incurved, 

 obtuse, pointed with the excurrent nerve. Caps, ovate- 

 oblong, with a purple mouth and an inclined beaked lid. 



Limestone rocks. May, Jane. 



6. GYMNOSTOMTJM, Bry. Eur. 



32. G. oaloareum, Miill. St. short, simple, densely 

 tufted, radiculose at base. L. lower small, ferruginous, 

 erecto-patent, narrowly lanceolate, upper larger, deep 

 green, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse, concave, stoutly 

 nerved nearly to apex, margin minutely crenulate ; 

 per. 1. lanceolate, concave, acute. Caps, oblong, sub- 

 cylindric, short-necked, erect, on a pale yellow seta, 

 lid conical, subulate. 



Cheedale, Derbyshire. W. West, 1880. 



Var. 8. BEEViPOLiUM, Schpr. Slender branched. L. 

 lower very minute, distant, upper crowded, ovate- 

 lanceolate, recurved above. Caps. oval. 



Damp rocks and walls. 



Blackball, near Banchory, Deeside. Mr. Sim, 

 Barren. 



33. Qt. rnpestre, Schw. St. 1 — 2 inches, densely 

 tufted, slender, dichotomous. L. linear-lanceolate, 

 more or less papillose, spreading, obtuse, keeled, thickly 

 nerved nearly to apex. Caps, erect, oval, lid flattish, 

 suddenly rising to a longish scarcely bent beak. 



Wet alpine rocks. Autumn. 



34. G. ourvirostfum, Hedw. St. \ — 1 inch, casspitose 

 branches fastigiate. L. erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate, 

 spreading keeled, margins recurved, smooth, or mi- 



