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a. Dioicous. 



190. B. inclinata, Schwg. Tuffcs densej robust, 

 densely leaved. L. elongate-linear, broadly undulate, 

 whitish, nerve excurrent into a mucro ; per. 1. narrower, 

 longer, erect, laxly areolate. Caps, oval-oblong, more 

 or less incurved, gibbous at base, on a red, spirally 

 twisted seta, lid narrowly conical. 



Sandy soil near river beds. Spring. 



Oxfordshire (H. Boswell). 



191. B. tortnosa, W. and M. St. ^ — 3 inches, tufted. 

 L. very long, linear-lanceolate, crowded, flexuose, 

 margin plane and undulated, with an excurrent nerve ; 

 per. 1. narrow and tapering, cirrhate. Caps, straight 

 or incurved, erect or inclined, ovate-oblong, on a longish 

 seta. Dioicous. 



Limestone rocks. July. 



Derbyshire. 



192. B. Hibernica, Mitt. [B. cirrifoUa, Schp.). St. 

 2 inches, branched. L. at apices of branches subcomose 

 and stellate, patent or patent-divergent, straight, 

 rarely incurved or recurved, concave, cirrhate when 

 dry, from an oval oblong, semi-amplexicaul base, longly 

 lanceolate, subulate, margin plane, minutely crenulate, 

 acute, nerve yellow, continued to apex or beyond. 



Mountains near Dunkerran, common, but always 

 sterile (Dr. Taylor). Cromagloun, Killarney. 



193. B. fragilis, Wils. (Trichostomiim, Miill. Syn.). 

 St. erect, simple or dichotomously branched, radiculose, 

 tomentose at base. L. crowded, lanceolate-subulate, 

 nerve excurrent, margins plane, crenulate, areolae 

 minute, large and hyaline at base, papillose. Caps, 

 erect, ovate-oblong, subcylindric, regular or slightly 

 incurved, lid conical, with a long, oblique beak. 

 Fr. rare. 



