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clavate, on a long seta, 8-sulcate to base and con- 

 tracted at mouth when dry. Calyptra with long, stiff 

 hairs. Perist. of 16 teeth in pairs, and no cUia. 



Trunks of young trees. August. 



Scotland, Ireland, England. 



255. TJ. Ludwigii, Bi-id. L. subpatent or spreading, 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate, from an ovate base, slightly 

 contorted when dry, margin slightly undulate. Caps, 

 clavate-pyriform, striate only at summit, much con- 

 tracted at mouth when dry. Perist. 16 teeth in pairs, 

 afterwards equidistant, occasionally with short cilia. 

 Calyptra densely pilose. 



Trees. Rare. August, September. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. 



b. Crispce. 

 St. erect. L. cirrato-crisped when dry. 



256. TJ. Bruchii, Hornsch. St. short, tufted. L. 

 spreading, sharply linear-lanceolate, from an ovate, 

 concave base, subflexuose. Caps, pyriform, tapering 

 at base, on a long, twisted seta, with eight broad striae, 

 and contracted at mouth when dry. Calyptra blackish- 

 yellow, with many furrows, deeply incised, and very 

 hairy. Perist. of 16 teeth in pairs, and 8, very seldom 

 ] 6, cilia. 



Trees. July, August. 



Scotland, Yorkshire, Westmoreland, Sussex, &c. 



257. v. calvesoens, Wils. Differs from Bruchii by 

 its shorter leaves more narrowly reticulated. Calyptra 

 scarcely hairy. Caps, oval-oblongj with a long tapering 

 neck, lid more convex and shortly beaked. From 

 crispa by its longer seta and shorter capsule, not con- 



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