66 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



b: Dioicous. 



53. D. Grevilliana, B. and S. (Anisothecium Grevillei, 

 Br. M. FL). L. witli a broad sheathing base, suddenly 

 lanceolate-subulate^ prolonged, wide-spreading and 

 wavy, entire, nerve broad. Caps, ovate, substriate, 

 strumose, lid with a beak longer than capsule. 

 Monoicous. 



Damp clay, subalpine. Rare. September. 



Glen Tilt, Blair Athole, Glen Shee. 



54. D. Schreberi, Hedw. {Anisothecium crispum, Br. 

 M. Fl.). St. i inch, subcsespitose, branched sparingly. 

 L. base broad, suddenly lanceolate-subulate, spreading, 

 flexuose, keeled, denticulate at apex. Gaps, ovate- 

 oblong, scarcely strumose, cernuous, not striate, lid 

 conical, shortly rostrate. Dioicous. 



Clayey or sandy soil near streams. Rare. 



October, November. 

 Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Scotland, Ireland. 



55. D. squarrosa, Schrad. {Anisothecium, Br. M. FL). 

 St. 1 — 3 inches, dichotomoua. L. lanceolate, from a 

 broad sheathing base, obtuse, undulate, entire, concave, 

 recurved, nerve narrow, reaching nearly to apex. Caps, 

 ovate-oblong, cernuous, lid long, conical, with a short 

 beak. 



Wet mountainous places. August, September. 



56. D. cerviculata, Hed. St. ^ inch, sparingly 

 branched. L. spreading, flexuose, almost setaceous 

 from a broadish amplexicaul base, entire, nerved into the 

 snbula. Caps, roundish-ovate, gibbous, strumose, seta 

 yellow, lid with a long oblique or curved subulate beak. 



Wet sandy banks or on turf. Frequent. June, July. 

 Var. /3. pusiLLA. St. shorter, simple. L. smaller, 

 suberect. Caps, smaller and less gibbous. 



