144 SfNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



lower ovate-lanc^olatej almost nerveless, integrate, 

 upper elongate, lanceolate, keeled, erect, nerved to 

 apex, and serrated about half-way from summit. Caps, 

 subspherical, immersed, subsessUe. 



On the ground. Winter. 



298. E. stenophyllum, Voit. [P. sessile, B. and S. ; 

 ed. 1, p. 27.] Very minute, almost stemless. L. 

 lanceolate-subulate, denticulate more than two-thirds 

 from summit, rigid, with an almost excurrent nerve. 

 Caps, sessile, small, rounded, brownish. Monoicous. 



Clay and chalky heaths. Rare. Autumn, winter. 

 Cheshire, Sussex. 



Var. /3. BREVIPOLIUM. L. shorter, linear-lanceolate, 

 slightly serrulate. 



55. PHYSCOMITRELLA, Schp. 



299. P. patens, Hedw. St. ^ inch. L. more or less 

 spreading, sometimes recurved, lower obovate-lanceo- 

 late, upper broadly obovate, spathulate, acuminate, 

 serrulate near the apex, concave, nerve ceasing below 

 apex. Caps, immersed, spherical, pointed, pale brown, 

 subsessile. Male fl. naked, in axil of a per. leaf. 



Clay banks and fields. Autumn. 



Fan. 2. Funariae. 

 56. PHYSCOMITRIUM, Brid. 



300. P. sphoericum, Schwg. St. scarcely ^ inch. L. 

 oval-oblong or slightly spathulate, acute, concave, 

 entire or obsoletely serrate, upper ones largest, nerved 

 nearly to apex. Caps, subglobose, mouth large, lid 

 large, conical. Calyptra lobed below. 



Dried-up mud. September — November. 



Mere, Cheshire, 1834 (Wils.), J. Whitehead, October, 

 1870. 



