152 SYNOPSIS OF BEITISH MOSSES. 



Waterfalls and wet rocks. Septemberj October. 



Tribe xviii. Beyace*. 

 68. MIELICHHOFERIA, N. and H. 



325. M. nitida, J^Mwfc. "L. erecto-patent, larger and 

 more crowded above, ovate-lanceolate, serrated at apex. 

 Caps, suberect, pyriform, lid conical, very short." 



Var. /8. GEACiLis. More densely tufted. L. shorter, 

 more crowded, imbricate. Caps, erect. [Wils. Bry. 

 Brit., p. 263.] 



Type not British. ; va.r. /3. only found at head of Glen 

 Callater, 1830 (Dr. Greville) ; again in same locality, 

 1868 (Fergusson and Eoy) ; Ingleby, Yorkshire, 1862 

 (Mudd). 



69. ORTHODONTIUllI, Schw. 



326. 0. graoile, Wils. St. J inch, slender, tufted. 

 L. long, linear, setaceous, carinate, flexuose, entire, 

 faintly nerved nearly to apex. Caps, obovate-clavate, 

 gradually tapering at base into the seta, inclined, lid 

 long, beaked. Calyptra very small. 



Sandstone rocks. March. 



Yorkshire and Cheshire. Not found elsewhere in 

 Europe. 



70. LEPTOBRYTTM, Schp. 



327. L. pyriforme, Linn. St. scarcely ^ inch. L. 

 lower lanceolate, entire, upper linear-setaceous, flexuose, 

 serrate at summit, nerve sometimes reaching apex. 

 Caps, pyriform, pendulous, on a slender, flexuose seta, 

 lid convex, mammillate. 



Kocks. Frequent. Maj-^, June. 



