PHASC0M. 93 



to an erose mucro. Caps, round, reddish, erect, sub- 

 sessile. 



Moist banks and fallows. Autumn, spring. 



Var. /S. MINUS. Leaves entire. 



Seaside. 



136. S. triquetrum. Spruce. Almost stemless. L. 

 in three rows, lowest minute, ovate, nerveless, medial 

 broadly ovate, nerved, three uppermost (perichsetial) 

 cucullate, pointed, obovate, keeled, margins reflexed, 

 denticulate above, nerve excurrent in a recurved mucro. 

 Caps, spherical, horizontal or drooping, seta long, 

 slender, suddenly bent near its union with the capsule. 



ClifiFs, Sussex coast. March. 



33. PHASCUM, Linn. 

 a. M. fl. axillary, gemmiform. 



137. P. cuspidatum, Schreb. From ^ — J inch high. 

 St. simple or branched. L. lower ovate-lanceolate, 

 upper oblong-lanceolate, all cuspidate, erect, concave, 

 keeled, with the nerve prominently excurrent, margin 

 recurved below, integrate. Caps, roundish, immersed 

 on a short seta. 



Moist banks, hedges, and fields. Common. March. 



Var. j8. MAOKOPHTiiLUM. Leaves longer, lanceolate. 

 Caps, smaller. 



Var. 7. ScHEEBERiANUM. St. elongated. Br. dicho- 

 tomous. L. distant, spreading. 



Var. S, piLiFEEUM. Pedicel curved. L. with long 

 white filiform points. 



Var. e. cuevisetum. Caps, laterally exserted, sub- 

 pendulous on a longish curved seta. Upper leaves 

 lanceolate, cuspidate. 



138. P. bryoides, Dicks. St. J — 5 inch, simple or 



