88 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES, 



erect, furrowed. Perist. very short, annulas large, lid 

 flattish, with a long, straight beak. 



Subalpiae sandstone rocks. Spring. 



Fam. 3. BlindisB. 



25. BLINDIA, B. and 8. 



119. B. osespiticia, Schwaeg. {Stylostegium, ed. 1). 

 St. ^ — i inch, densely tufted. Br. fastigiate. L. some- 

 what falcate and secund, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; 

 per. 1. larger, with a sheathing base, entire, nerve 

 predominant. Caps, immersed, roundish-pyriformj 

 glossy. Perist. absent, lid obliquely beaked, adherent 

 to columella. 



Alpine rocks, in crevices. Pare. July — September. 



120. B. acuta, Huds. St. ^ — 3 inches, tufted. L. 

 subulate or lanceolate-setaceous, rigid, glossy, sub- 

 secund, entire, nerve thin; per. 1. sheathing. Caps, 

 roundish-pyriform, on a shurt, reddish pedicel. Perist. 

 simple, 16 entire or perforate teeth, lid with a longish, 

 oblique beak. 



Moist alpine or subalpine rocks. Summer. 



Tribe ix. Leptoteichace^. 



Fam. 1. Bruohiae. 



a. Nerve narrow. L. cells large, lax. 



26. PLEITEIDITJM:, Brid. 



121. P. nitidum, Eedw. (P. axillare, Br. M. FL). 

 L. generally erect, linear-lanceolate, keeled, subdenti- 

 culate near apex, nerved nearly to summit. Caps, 

 elliptic ovate, with a short, oblique point, sometimes 

 pendulous, on a short pedicel. 



Moist banks, &c. Winter. 



