142 STNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



L. suberectj elongate-lanceolate, concave, narrowed 

 into a long, tapering, flexuose point, serrate, nerve 

 excurrent. Caps, ovate, on an obconical apophysis, 

 lid conical, obtuse. 



Dung on mountains. Rare. July, August. 



290. T. mnioides, L. fil. St. ^ — 3 inches, tufted. 

 L. suberect, obovate, or nearly elliptical, suddenly 

 narrowed into a long, piliferous, flexuose point, con- 

 cave, entire, nerved to apex. Caps, elliptical, on a 

 large, obovate apophysis of about same width, lid 

 conical, obtuse. 



Moist mountainous situations, on dung, &c. Summer. 



52. SPLACHNUM, Linn, 

 a. Caps, with an ovate or spherical apophysis. 



291. S. sphoericum, Linn. fil. St. | — 1 inch. L. 

 roundish, obovate, acuminate, scarcely serrate, lower 

 smaller, nerved nearly to apex, apophysis not tapering, 

 roundish ovate, about same width as cylindrical cap- 

 sule, lid mammillate. Dioicous. 



Dung in moist peaty places. May, June. 



292. S. vasculosum, L. St. I — 1 inch, radiculose 

 L. roundish ovate, obtuse, or ovate acuminate, entire, 

 narrow at base, nerved nearly to apex, areolae lax. 

 Caps, small, cylindrical, on a large globular apophysis, 

 lid convex. Dioicous. 



Elevated wet places. July. 



b. Apophysis pyriform. 



293. S. ampnllaceum, L. St. about 1 inch. L. lower 

 lanceolate, upper larger, obovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 all serrate or sometimes entire, acuminate, nerved 

 nearly to apex, areolae lax, seta dilated above into a 



