78 SYNOPSIS OP BRITISH MOSSES. 



h. L. auricled at base. 



88. C. Swartziij Schpr. Tufts dense, softj yellowish- 

 green, brownish below, without radicles. St. 2 — 3 

 inches, slender. L. erecto-patent, straight or slightly 

 secund, lowest lanceolate, upper lanceolate-subulate, 

 entire at apex, base somewhat sheathing, auricles 

 hyaline, inflated, decurrent, nerve two-thirds of base, 

 finely sulcate at back towards apex, basal areolas 

 narrow, auricular, very lax, hexagono-rectangular, 

 hyaline, above subquadrate. 



Granite alpine rocks. 

 Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 



89. C. Shawii, Wils. MS. Tufts lax, yellow-green 

 above, blackish-brown below, 1 — 2 inches high. St. 

 robust, with numerous radicles. L. erecto-patent, 

 straight, rigid, from a somewhat contracted, linear 

 base, lanceolate, longly subulate, suddenly narrowed 

 at one-third their length, margin involute above, apex 

 acute, with a few minute denticnlations, nerve two- 

 thirds width of base, cells at basal wings enlarged, lax, 

 reddish-brown, exterior rows hyaline, above rectan- 

 gular, and then rhomboido-elliptic. L. falcate when 

 growing in dry places. 



Outer Hebrides, 1866 (Mr. Shaw). 



90. C. setifolius, Wils. Tufts lax, soft, bright or 

 yellowish-green above, blackish below, without radicles. 

 St. 5 — 10 inches, slender, erect, geniculate. L. distant, 

 erecto-patent or subsecund, glossy, from a lanceolate 

 base, gradually running into a very long subula, 

 sometimes half twisted, uppermost with wings serrate, 

 nerve half width of base, auricles very large and 

 inflated, the cells partly fuscous, partly hyaline, hexa- 

 gonal, above hexagono-rectangular, upper rhombic. 



