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SYNOPSIS OS BRITISH MOSSES. 



Scotland ; Yorkshire ; Derbyshire ; Rydal Water 

 ( Baker) ; &c. 



180. B. rigidnla^ Hedw. [Trichost. rigidulum, var. /3. 

 densum, Bry. Brit. 114.). L. patent, lanceolate, Cari- 

 nate, margin recurved, rigid, bristly, not appresfeed 

 and imbricate, when dry slightly curved and loosely 

 contorted, nerve stout, continued into a thick, obscure 

 point, not really excurrent. Caps, cylindric, erect, on 

 a reddish seta, lid obliquely rostrate. 



Scotland, York, Sussex, Cornwall, &c. 



Spring and summer. 



181. B. Woodii, Schp. Yellow-green above, ferru- 

 ginous below, radiculose. L. spreading or even slightly 

 recurved, twisted when dry, narrowly linear-lanceolate, 

 subulate, concave at base, one or other margin recurved, 

 nerved (yellowish) to or sometimes beyond apex, cells 

 minutely quadrate above, oblong-rectangular at base, 

 Fr. unknown. 



Cromagloun, Killarney, July, 1865, Schp. 



182. B. spadieea, Mitt. (T. rigidulum, Smith, Bry. 

 Brit., p. 114). St. robust, 1 — 2 inches. L. patent 

 from the base, lanceolate-subulate, canaliculate, margin 

 recurved below, incurved and closely imbricate when 

 dry, nerve percurrent and distinct to apex; per. 1. 

 lower half erect, broadly ovate, upper narrow, recurved. 

 Caps, erect, cylindrical, on a red seta, lid shortly 

 subulate, twisted. Teeth narrow, on a short mem- 

 brane. Dioicous. (Mitten, Joum. of Bot., v. 326.) 



Rocks and stones near water. Autumn, winter. 



Scotland, Ireland, Bolton Abbey, &c. 



183. B. cylindrica, Tayl. {T. insulana, De Not. ; T. 

 vinealis 0. flaccida, Bry. Brit., p. 124). St. loosely 

 csespitose. L. lower lanceolate, upper linear-subulate. 



