CEEATODON — DISTICHIUM. 91 



Scotch and Derbyshire mountains (calcareous) . June. 

 Var. ;8. DENSUM. Densely casspitose. L. erect, 

 shorter. 



129. D. glaucescens, Hedw. St. i inch. Branches 

 fastigiate. L. glaucous, linear-lanceolatCj margin plane 

 (upper crowded into a tuft or coma), nerve sometimes 

 excnrrent into the denticulate apex. Caps, oblong- 

 oval, pale brown, with a long, beaked lid. Basilar 

 membrane very narrow. Barren fl. gemmiform. 



Scotch mountains. ' Summer. 



Fam. 3. Ceratodontae. 

 28. CERATODON, 5Wd 



130. C. pnrpureus, Brid. St. J — 2 inches, caespitose, 

 branched. L. oblong-lanceolate, margin recurved, 

 nerve excnrrent. Caps, elliptic-oblong, irregular, 

 purple, angular when dry on a purplish-red seta, lid 

 conical. 



Banks, &c. Common. April, May. 



Fam. 4. DistichisB. 

 29. DISTICHIUM, B. and S. 



131. D. capillacenm, B. and S. [Swartzia montana, 

 Br. M. FL). St. 1 — 2 inches, casspitose, shining green 

 above, ferruginous below. L. subulate-setaceous, 

 spreading, integrate, nerve excurrent. Caps, erect, 

 ovate-oblong or almost cylindrical, reddish-brown. 

 Perist. teeth narrow, articulate, bi- or trifid, Hd conical. 



Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer. 



132. D. inclinatum. B. and S. {S. incUnata, Br. M. 

 FL). St. shorter than last, and less caespitose. L. 

 narrower and minutely serrate at apex ; per. 1. 1, 2, or 



