164 SYNOPSIS OP BRITISH MOSSES. 



pendulous or inclined, brown, slightly constricted when 

 dry, lid large, mammillate, yellow. 



Walls, rocks, roofs, &c. May, June. 



361. B. argenteum, L. St. J — \ inch, tufted, in 

 silvery-white patches. L. lower ovate, upper ovate- 

 lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve not reaching 

 pointed tapering apex, margins not recurved, areolae 

 very lax. Caps, oval-oblong, reddish-purple, pendulous, 

 neck not tapering, lid faintly pointed. 



Roofs, walls, ground, &c. Winter, spring. 



Var. /3. MAjus. St. longer. L. greenish, without 

 points. 



Var. 7. LiNATUM. Smaller. L. with long points, 

 without chlorophyll, silvery- white. 



Largo, Scotland (0. Howie). 



362. B. capillare, Linn. St. \ — 1 inch, tufted. L. 

 lower ovate-oblong, upper obovate-oblong, all with 

 longish, slender points, concave, much contorted when 

 dry, margin bordered with smaller cellules, reflexed, 

 sometimes serrulate at apex, nerve reddish, vanishing 

 or excurrent. Caps, subclavate or obovate, tapering, 

 pendulous, or inclined on a long seta, only slightly 

 constricted at mouth when dry, lid large, mammillate, 

 red. 



Walls, rocks, trees, &c. Frequent. June. 



Var. /3. MAJUS. St. longer. L. broader, and with a 

 wider margin. Caps, larger and thicker. (Wilson 

 says this is the most frequent English form.) 



On walls. 



Var. 7. MINUS. L. concave, imbricate. Caps, smaller. 



Var. S. FLACCiDDM. L. lower purplish, flaccid, not 

 contorted when dry, distinctly serrate at apex. 



3u3. B. obconieum, Hornsch. St. short, tufted. 



