162 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



sanguineous, lid shortly conical. Peristome as in 

 last. 



Teesdale (Spruce) ; Scotland (Mitten). July. 



c. Dioicous. 

 1. Male flower gemmiform. 



355. B. erythrocarpum, Schw. {B. sanguineum, Lud- 

 wig, ed. 1). St. i inch. L. distant, erecto-patent, 

 ovate-lanceolate, elongate-lanceolate, pointed, generally 

 serrulate at apex, margins scarcely recurved, nerve 

 shortly excurrent into a mucro. Caps, oblong or 

 obconico-pyriform, pendulous, blood- red when ripe, lid 

 conico-convex, apiculate. 



Heathy ground and walls. June, July. 



Var. j8. EADicuLOSUM. Caps, obconical, seta genicu- 

 late at base. 



356. B. murale, Wils. St. J inch, tufted, branched. 

 L. of the coma erect, oblong lanceolate, margins re- 

 flexed, lower ovate-lanceolate, concave, shortly pointed, 

 margins plane, loosely imbricate. Caps, oblong-pyri- 

 form, pendulous, deep purple or almost black when 

 ripe, neck tapering, lid large, mammillate. 



Mortar of old walls. May, June. 



Marple, Killarney, North Wales, Oxford, 1863 (H. 

 Boswell), &c. 



357. B. atro-purpureum, W. and M. (B. erythrocarpon, 

 Brid., not Schw., ed. 1). St. J — ^ inch, branched. L. 

 erecto-patent, ovate acuminate, concave, margin re- 

 flexed below, entire, lower often reddish, remote, 

 lanceolate. Caps, oval or oblong, neck not tapering, 

 arcuate, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe, 

 with a large mouth, lid convexo-conical, pointed, 

 puvplisL 



