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tracted at mouth when dry, and by its smooth, glossy 

 calyptra. 



Trees. June. 



Killarney (Dr. Moore and Dr. Carrington) ; Dailly 

 and Loch Doon (J. Shaw) ; Loch Lomond ; Westmore- 

 land. 



258. U. crispa, Hedw. St. about 1 inch, tufted. L. 

 linear-lanceolate, from an ovate, concave base, shghtly 

 waved at margin, very much contorted when dry. 

 Caps, clavate, contracted at mouth when dry, eight 

 broad, deep striae, apophysis gradually tapering into 

 the thick seta. Perist. 8 teeth, and 8, sometimes 16, 

 cilia. 



Trees. Jily^ August. 



259. IT. intermedia, Sch., Syn. 305. Resembles 

 crispa. L. longly linear-lanceolate, from an ovate or 

 obovate base, cells of the middle base linear, subver- 

 micular, the rest broader, rhomboid above, rectangular 

 hyaline below, and orange-coloured. Caps, shorter, 

 more narrowly striate, on a shorter seta, suburceolate 

 when dry and empty, when old narrowly elongate, 

 fusiform, scarcely contracted at mouth. 



Trees. June, July. 



Not uncommon, frequently found with both crispa 

 and crispula. 



260. TJ. crispula, Bruch. St. very minute, tufted. 

 L. small, linear-lanceolate, much crisped when dry. 

 Caps, pyriform, small, thin, with 8 inconspicuous striae, 

 when dry short, truncate, urceolate, slightly contracted 

 at mouth. 



Trees. Not common. May, June. 



Yorkshire, Sussex, English lakes. 



261. U. phyllantha, Brid. St. 1 inch, tufted. L. 



