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Section 2. Secund or suhsecund. 

 a. Dioicous. 



67. D. variaj Hedw. [Anisothecium ruhrum, Br. M. 

 F].). St. 4 inch, csespitose. L. erecto-patent, lanceor 

 late, entire, keeled, sub denticulate at apex, margin 

 reflexed, nerve scarcely excurrent. Caps, inclined, 

 curved, ovate or oblong, slightly tumid, lid shortly 

 beaked, seta twisted to the right. 



Moist banks. November, December. 



Var. /3. TENUiFOLiUM [D. fallax, ed. 1, p. 43). L. 

 narrow, obscurely nerved. Caps, nearly symmetric. 



Var. 7. TENELLUM. St. slender, scarcely branched. 

 L. falcato-secund, distantly denticulate. 



Var. S. CALLISTOMUM. L. scarcely secund. Caps, 

 erect, obovate, truncated, lid almost as long as caps. 



58. D. rufescens. Turn. {Anisothecium, Br. M. PL). 

 St. short, bright red, scarcely branched. L. erecto- 

 patent, linear-lanceolate, obscurely toothed, reddish, 

 margins plane, secund, pellucid, nerve strong, vanishing 

 at apex. Caps, erect, ovate or obovate, slightly tumid, 

 with a conical beaked lid, seta red, twisted to the left. 



Moist clay banks. October, November. 



59. D. subulata, Sedw. {B. secunda, Br. M. FL). St. 

 \ — 1 inch. L. falcato-secund, setaceous from an oblong, 

 lanceolate base, entire, nerve excurrent. Caps, ovate, 

 gibbous, cernuous, striate when dry, seta red ; per. 1. 

 sheathing. 



Moist shady stony banks. September, October. 



60. D. curvata, Hedw. Ceespitose. St. bi-tripartitej 

 L. setaceous from a shortly ovate semi-sheathing base, 

 channelled, apex denticulate, falcato-secund. Caps, 

 erect or' suberect, ovate-oblong, slightly gibbous, 

 distinctly striate, seta pale red; per. 1. not sheathing. 



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