AMBLTODON — MEESIA — PALTJDELLA — CATOSCOPIUM. 147 



Tribe xvii. Baeteamiace^. 



Fam. 1. Amblyodonteae. 



59. AMBLYODON, P. Beauv. 



308. A. dealbatus, Dicks. St. 4 — 1 incli. L. ovate- 

 oblong and lingulate, lanceolate, acutSj margins plane, 

 slightly serrulate at apex, below whicli the strong 

 nerve ceases. Caps, clavate or pyriform, incurved, 

 inclined, mouth oblique, lid conical, seta very long. 



Wet mountainous places. June, July. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. 



Fam. 2. Meesise. 

 60. MEESIA, Hedw. 



309. M. uliginosa, Hedw. St. ^ — 1 inch, radiculose. 

 Branches fastigiate. L. lanceolate or linear obtuse 

 (upper longer), entire, margin recurved, scarcely nerved 

 to apex. Caps, pyriform, with a long, tapering neck, 

 incurved, inclined, lid conical, truncate, seta very long. 



Wet and boggy places. 3u\j, August. 



61. PALUDEIIA, Mr. 



310. P. squarrosa, iirera. St. 2 — 6 inches, radiculose. 

 L. obovate-lanceolate, pointed, recurved above the 

 middle, squarrose, nerved to and serrulate at apex, 

 margins recurved below. Caps, elliptic-oblong, gibbous, 

 with a short, thick neck, inclined, lid mammillate. 



Boggy places. No fruit found in Britain. Summer. 



Knutsford, Cheshire (Wilson, April, 1832) ; Terring- 

 ton Carr, Yorkshire (Ibbotson, 1842). Both places 

 now drained, and the moss probably extinct. 



62. CATOSCOPIUM, Brid. 



311. C. nigritum, Hpdw. St. 1 inch or more, densely 

 radicalose. L. erecto-patent, lanceolate, acute, margin 



L 2 



