124 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



L. erecto-patent, appressed when dry, from an ovate 

 or oblong concave base^ lanceolate, channelled, with a 

 furrow on either side of the nerve below, rather obtuse, 

 upper ones hair-pointed, margin erect, cells upper 

 small, roundish, opaque, medial quadrate, basal next 

 the nerve rectangular, contiguous, marginal more 

 hyaline. Caps, subimmersed, erect, obovate, wide- 

 mouthed, smooth, lid large, conical, with an erect, 

 obtuse beak. Calyptra large, plicate, lobed at base. 

 Perist. teeth widely lanceolate, beautifully cribrose, 

 papillose at apex, reflexed when dry. Dioicous. [Rev. 

 J. Fergusson in " Naturalist," v. 83, 1880. Sch. Syn., 

 287.] 



Rocks and crevices. April. 



Coniston (Prof. Barker, April, 1867). 



Section 6. Rank uncertain. 



235. G. Stirtoni, Schp. In habit resembhng G. 

 elongata but difEers thus : — L. scarcely squarrose- 

 spreading, but patent, and curved, upper continued 

 iuto a long hair, margin distinctly thickened, upper 

 cells minutely quadrate, lower lax-quadrate, thence at 

 base shortly rectangular, scarcely sinuose nor elongate, 

 hyaline at margin, thinly nerved, and blackish. [Sch. 

 Syn., 270.] 



Near Glasgow (Stirton, 1866). 



40. RACOMITRIUM, Brid. 



Sub-genus 1. Gampylodryptodon. 



Seta arcuate. Perist. teeth bifid almost to base. 



236. R. patens, Brid., Bry. Univ., i. 192 [Grimmid 

 patens, Bry. Brit., p. 158). In dark green or fuscous 

 tufts. St. 2 — 4 inches, branched, decumbent, and 



