153 SYNOPSES OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



inner about same length, adherent to outer. Cilia not 

 seen. Seta 4 — 7 lines long, reddish-brown. Synoicous. 

 Eev. W. Fergusspn, in "Naturalist," N.S., v. p. 82, 1880. 



Loose earth and limestone rocks. July. 



Litton (Whitehead, 1879). 



342. B. inclinatum, Swartz. St. short, tufted, 

 branched. L. ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate, mar- 

 gin slightly recurved, nerve reddish, much excurrent. 

 Caps, almost elliptical or pyriform, inclined or pendu- 

 lous, on a long seta, with a small mouth, lid conical, 

 sharply pointed. Perist. inner generally without cilia, 

 and free. Synoicous. 



Walls, banks, and decayed trees. May. 



343. B. Warneum, Bland. St. about ^ inch, tufted, 

 branched. L. ovate-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 scarcely concave, serrate at apex, margins recurved 

 below, plane above, nerve excurrent, frequently spinose. 

 Caps, obovate, pyriform, pendulous, bordered at mouth 

 when dry, lid small, convex, mammillate. Inner perist. 

 membrane adherent, processes free, cilia few. Monoi- 

 cous or synoicous. 



Muddy places. August, September. 



Scotland, Southport, &c. 



344. B. lacustre, Brid. St. J inch, caespitose. 

 L. lower ovate-apiculate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all 

 entire, very concave, margins recurved, nerve reddish, 

 vanishing below the entire apex, or excurrent into a 

 short apiculus ; per. 1. narrower. Caps, roundish, 

 pyriform, with a tapering neck, scarcely pendulous, lid 

 small, pointed. Annulus present. Inner perist. par- 

 tially adherent, cilia rudimentary. Synoicous. 



Moist sandy places. May, June. 



Yarmouth, Suffolk, &c. 



