92 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



3 together. Caps, oval, olive-brown, inclined or cer- 

 nuous. Perist. teeth larger, lanceolate, articulate, 

 entire or perforate, bi- trifid. 



Irish and Scotch mountains. June, July. 



Tribe x. Pottiaceje. 



Fam. 1. Phaseeae. 



30. EPHEMEEELLA, Muell. 



183. E.recurvifolia, Dicfo {Phascum,ed..l). Minute. 

 St. almost none. L. lingulate, rarely linear- lanceolate, 

 erect, frequently recurved, denticulate at the apex, 

 with a strong, generally excurrent nerve, lowest ovate- 

 lanceolate, nerveless. Caps, roundish-ovate, immersed, 

 lid with a short, oblique beak. 



Heaths and fallows. Autumn, winter. 



31. MICEOBEYUM, Schpr. 



134. M. Floerkeanum, Web. andM. (Phascum, ed. 1). 

 Almost stemless, very minute. L. erecto-patent, 

 broadly ovate, tapering to a point, lower ones small, 

 nerveless, upper ones larger, nerve excurrent, margins 

 reflexed. Caps, ovate- spherical, shortly beaked, im- 

 mersed with subconical, curved-pointed calyptra. 

 Antheridia naked, axillary. 



Clay or chalky fields. Eare. 



September — ^November. 



32. SPH-EEANGimil, Schpr. 



135. S. mnticum, Schreb. Minute, almost stemless. 

 L. lower ovate-acuminate, recurved, nerveless, middle 

 convolute, oblong, ovate, acuminate, recurved, concave, 

 nerve exserted, two or three uppermost concave, nerved 



