62 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



lanceolatej margin incurved, with a slightly excurrent 

 nerve. Caps, oval, erect, lid conical, beak half-length 

 of capsule, seta twisted, reddish. Barren fl. gemmi- 

 form. 



Frequent. Spring. 



39. W. mucronata, B. and S. Smaller than last. L. 

 linear-lanceolate, with plane margins, concave above, 

 the nerve more excurrent and forming a mucro. Caps, 

 oblong, elliptic, teeth of per. short, truncate, perforated, 

 lid with a longish beak. Barren fl. gemmiform. 



Fallow (clay) ground. March, April. 



11. DICRANOWEISSIA, Lindh. 



40. D. crispula, Eedw. St. shorter than last, 

 branched. L. spreading, frequently falcato-secund, 

 lanceolate-subulate, base wide, concave, margins plane, 

 not nerved to apex. Caps, oval or oblong without 

 annulus, lid beaked. Barren fl. gemmiform. 



,r Mountainous rocks. June, July. 



41. D. cirrhata, Hedw. St. ^ — 1 inch, loosely tufted. 

 L. linear-lanceolate, spreading, entire, concave, keeled, 

 margin reflexed, not nerved to apex ; per. 1. slightly 

 sheathing, shorter. Caps, oval-oblong, lid with a long 

 beak. 



Posts and rocks in mountainous districts. Spring. 



42. D. Bruntoni, B. and S. (ed. 1, Gynodontium). 

 St. i — 1 inch, tufted. Br. fastigiate. L. linear-lan- 

 ceolate or lane-subulate, flexuose, concave, minutely 

 papillose, keeled, sometimes minutely denticulate at 

 apex, margin reflexed, twisted when dry, nerved almost 

 ox quite to apex ; per. 1. sheathing. Caps, erect, oval- 

 oblong or elliptical, smooth, with a long oblique beak. 



Subalpine siliceous rocks. May, June. 



