82 SYNOPSIS .OF BKITISfl MOSSES. 



Tribe vii. Fissidentace^. 



21. nSSIDENS, Eedw. 



a. Fruit terminal. 



97. F. exilis, Eedw. St. ^ inch, simple. L. few, 

 lower small, ovate, upper lanceolate-oblong, oblique, 

 acute, marg^in not bordered, serrulate, nerved to apex, 

 dorsal wing not reaching to base of leaf. Caps, elliptic- 

 oblong, erect, lid conical, obliquely rostrate. Monoi- 

 cous. 



Shady banks and woods. Not frequent. 



B. S. I. January — March. 



98. F. pusillus, Wils. St. shorter. L. erect, acute, 

 narrowly lanceolate, nerved to apex, border narrow. 

 Caps, snberect, ovate, cylindric, lid with an oblique 

 beak. Dioicous. 



Sandstone rocks. August, September. 



Yar. /S. Ltlei. L. scarcely margined, broader. 

 Rare. 



Cheshire, Warwick, Hereford, Scotland. 

 Var. ' 7. MADiDUS. L. longer and narrower. Caps, 

 subcylindric. 



Castle Howard, Spruce, 1844. 



99. F. incurvus, Schw. St. ; inch about, ascending* 

 from a decumbent base. L. lanceolate, oblong, apicu- 

 late, narrowly margined, nerve ceasing near the serrate 

 apex. Caps, oval, oblique, curved, ceruuous, lid 

 conical, rostellate. Perist. not immersed. Barren fl. 

 sessile at base of stem. 



Shady banks. February, March. 



Cheshire, Yorkshire, Sussex, Oxon, Dorset, &c. 

 Var. /3. TAMARIND iPOLius, Donn. St. slender. L. 

 elliptical, " subfalciform apiculate," with an entire, 



