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SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



late-aatulate, margin reflexed, nerve excurrent into the 

 slightly toothed apex. Caps, small, cylindrical, erect, 

 regular or curved, lid conical, slightly rostrate- Perist.- 

 teeth irregular, purplish-red. Dioicous. 



Sandy places. Rare. October, November. 



Yorkshire, Sussex. 



Var. /3. PtrsiLLUM.. Shorter and denser. L. short, 

 nearly straight. Caps. oval. 



Near Belfast ; Castle Howard. 



126. D. homomallnm, B- and S. St. scarcely | inch, 

 cjespitose. L. subulato-setaceousfromabroadishbase, 

 mostly secund, nerve broad, much excurrent, entire. 

 Caps, erect, oblong-ovate, brown, on a long red seta. 

 Anuulus present, lid short, conical, obtuse. Basilar 

 membrane of perist. very narrow. Dioicous. 



Sandy banks. Autumn. 



Var. /3. zoNATUM. St. elongate, ^ — 2 inches. L. 

 shorter, scarcely secund, erecto-patent. Caps, smaller. 

 Tufts green above, brownish below. 



Scotch and Welsh mountains. 



127. D. subulatum, Bruch. St. ^ inch, csespitose. 

 L. subulato-setaceous from an ovate base, spreading or 

 somewhat secund, entire, yriih. a long excurrent nerve. 

 Caps, oval, erect, lid large, obliquely rostellate, seta 

 somewhat flexuose. Annulus none. Basilar membrane 

 very narrow. Antheridia axillary, naked. 



Cornwall (Rev. — Tozer), R. V. Tellam. Spring. 



128. D. flexicaule, Schleioh. St. 1 — 3 inches, 

 flexuose, csespitose, with fastigiate branches. L. very 

 long and setaceous, flexuose, concave, usually secund, 

 nerve broad, excurrent, toothed at apex. Caps, erect, 

 small, ovate-oblong. Annulus present. Perist. teeth 

 long, irregular. Dioicous. 



