76 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



Br. M. PI.). St. 1 — 3 inches, blackish. L. deciduous, 

 falcato-secund, subulate-setaceous, from an ovate, 

 sheathing, auriculate base, denticulate above on pre- 

 dominant nerve. Caps, elliptic-oblong, smooth, on a 

 thick curved or flexuose seta, with a long straight 

 beak. 



Mountainous woods. Rare. October. 



Scotland, K Wales, Ireland, Cheshire, Yorkshire; 

 Lancashire. 



Var. j3. ALPiNUM, 8chp. {Gamjiylopus alpinus, ed. 1). 

 Taller and more robust. L. not deciduous, erect or 

 subsecund, rather rigid (Braithwaite) . 



Scotland, Yorkshire, N. Wales, Ireland. 



19. CAMPYLOPUS, Brid. 



Section 1. Leaves without hyaline points. 



a. L. not auricled at base. 



84. C. pyriformis, Brid. {G. turfacmis, B. and S.). 

 Tufts flat, olivaceous or bright green, finally tawnyw 

 St. \ — 1 inch, slender, erect, radiculose only at base. 

 L. less crowded, gradually larger upwards, erecto- 

 patent, lower lanceolate, middle lanceolate-subulate, 

 upper from a lanceolate base, setaceous, nerve one-third 

 base, thin, channelled at back. Areolae resembling 0. 

 flexuosus, but thinner, hyaline at base. Pr. several 

 from same apex. Caps, ovate, olivaceous, fulvous 

 when ripe, sulcate, lid obliquely rostrate. Calyptra 

 whitish, tip brown. 



Moist heaths and sides of ditches. Winter, spring. 



85. C. fragilis, B. and S. Tufts, pale green, glossy, 

 St. I — 2 inches, fragile. L. densely crowded, erecto- 

 patent, rigid, incumbent when dry, lower lanceolate, 

 upper extended into a subula, toothed at apex, wings 



