BAEBULA. 1 07 



from a lanceolate, appressed base, patent, spreading, 

 more or less arcuate, papillose, acute, margin recurved 

 below, above plane, contorted when dry, nerve excur- 

 rent. Caps, cylindric or elliptic, erect or slightly 

 curved, lid conical, attenuate, somewhat obtuse, half as 

 long as capsule. Eare in fruit. 



England and Ireland. Frequent. May. 



184. B. vinealis, Brid. Tufts more robust. L. 

 patent or subrecurved, from a broad base, elongate 

 and narrowly lanceolate, nerve broad, obscure towards 

 the acute apex, the latter usually tipped with a pointed 

 hyaline cell, appressed when dry, not crisped or con- 

 torted. Caps, subcylindrical. Dioicous. 



Walls. April, May. 



b. Convolutse. 



L. bright green, incurved, twisted when dry, cells 

 lax at base J per. 1. much sheathing and convolute. 

 Caps, small, ovato-elliptical, slightly curved. Perist. t. 

 long, contorted. 



185. B. Hornschuchiana, Schultz. Loosely csespitose. 

 L. crowded, spreading, ovate-lanceolate, carinato- 

 concave, obsoletely papillose, gradually tapering to an 

 acute point, formed by slightly excurrent nerve, margin 

 slightly revolute. Caps, oblong, slightly curved, 

 annulus narrow, seta red below, yellow above. Dioicous. 



Rocks, walls, and banks. Not common. April, May. 



[186. B. Tpaludosa,, Schwg. St. radiculose. L. erecto- 

 patent, linear-lanceolate, acute, acutely carinate in the 

 upper half, margin plane, but generally slightly serru- 

 late at apex ; per. 1. sheathing, distinctly serrate. Caps, 

 bvate-oblong, often curved, on a flexuose seta, reddish 

 below, lid as long as the caps. Perist. t. very long, 

 much twisted.] 



