BEEDTELIA. 151 



Walton Swamp, near Warrington (Wilson) ; Scot- 

 land, &c. 



Var. e. compacta {firma, Ferg.). Very compact, 

 densely tomentose. St. filiform. L. uniform, imbri- 

 cate when dry, shortly lanceolate, from an ovate, 

 concave base, nerve excurrent or vanishing in apex, 

 margin obsoletely serrulate, slightly papillose. 



Scotland. 



322. P. seriata. Mitt, Muse. Ind. Orient. "L. spirally 

 arranged, from a suberect base, patent towards apex, 

 ovate-acute, plicate, margin distinctly reflexed, areolae 

 linear above, small and ovoid towards base; per. 1. 

 from an erect, dilated base, widely spreading, cordate- 

 triangular, obtuse, areolaa small, obscure, elongate- 

 quadrangular, above large, linear, and reddish at base, 

 nerve thick, indistinct, continuous or vanishing below 

 apex, margin slightly denticulate." [Hunt, loc. cit., 

 p. 103. J 



Springs at head of Clova; Ben-na-Bourd (Gardiner). 



323. P. calearea, £. and 8. St. about 2 inches. L. 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering gradually from middle up- 

 wards, concave, rigid, secund, margin serrulate, not 

 reflexed, strongly nerved to apex, areolae large, oblong, 

 long hexagonal at base ; per. 1. acute, triangular, from 

 a broad, erect base, nerved to apex. Caps, subglobose, 

 inclined or cernuous. 



Wet places. Jily- 



67. BREUTELIA, Schp. 



324. B. arcuata, Dicks. St. 1 — 6 inches, with red- 

 dish-brown radicles. L. ovate-lanceolate, from a broad, 

 orect, sheathing base, scabrous, serrulate, striate, 

 squarrose. Caps, subglobose, almost pendulous, on an 

 arcuate seta, furrowed when dry. 



