94 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



branched. L. lower ovate, pointed, upper elliptic, 

 ovate, concave, erect, margin reflexed, pointed with 

 the excurrent nerve. Caps, elliptical, with an oblique, 

 blunt point, brown, exserted. Barren fl. sometimes 

 terminal on a short branch. 



Banks and fields. Rare. Spring. 



Var. /S. piLiFEEUM. L. piliferous. 



Var. 7. CUEVISETTJM. Seta curved, longer. Caps, 

 cernuous. 



Var. S. BEACHTCAEPiTM. Caps, roundish, seta very 

 short. 



Var. 6. ATEOViEiDE. Smaller, with piliferous leaves. 



Var. ?. Thoenhillii. "L. spreading, subreflexed, 

 spathulato-lanceolate, margin plane, nerve slightly 

 excurrent. Caps, narrowly elliptical, rostrate, pedicel 

 elongated." 



Near Newcastle. 



6. Antheridia axillary, naked. 



139. P. curvicoUum, Hedw. St. short, reddish. L. 

 erecto-patent, lower ovate acuminate, upper lanceolate, 

 tapering, pointed with an excurrent nerve, entirei 

 margin reflexed. Caps, roundish, blunt-pointed, cer- 

 nuous, exserted, on a longish curved seta. 



Moist banks and fields. Spring. 



140. P. rectum, Sm. St. short. L. closely crowded, 

 erecto-patent, elliptic-lanceolate, pointed with an ex- 

 current nerve, often reddish, margins recurved, papillose 

 at back. Caps, exserted, roundish ovoid, on a longish 

 straight seta. 



Fields and banks near the coast. Frequent. 



Winter and spring. 



