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389. M. cinclidioides, Blytt. St. 2 — 4 inches, some- 

 times with, slender branches. L. lower ovalj obtuse, 

 scarcely pointed, upper large, oval, ligulate, obtuse 

 (marginal cells narrower), almost entire, slightly undu- 

 late, nerved nearly to apex. Caps, oval, pendulous, 

 lid convex, apiculate. Dioicous. 



Wet and boggy places on mountains. Summer. 



Clova, &c. 



c. Leaves with a border, margin entire. 

 Lid rostrate. 



390. M. punotatum, Bed. St. \ — 3 inches, erect, 

 radiculose. L. bbovate or roundish, obtuse, obscurely 

 pointed, upper in a somewhat rosaceous tuft, thickened 

 margin generally reddish, generally nerved to apex. 

 Caps, oval, pendulous, lid conical, with a longish beak. 

 Dioicous. 



Wet shady places. February, March. 



391. M. subglobosum, B. and S. St. 1 inch or more, 

 erect. L. obovate or roundish, obtuse, not nerved to 

 apex, border narrow, subcartilaginous, not coloured. 

 Caps, roundish, contracted at mouth, subpendulous, 

 lid small, conical, beaked. Synoicous. 



Marshes and bogs. March. 



77. CINCLIDIUM, Swartz. 



392. C. stygium, 8w. St. 1 — 4 inches, tufted, erect, 

 with purplish radicles. L. roundish, obovate, obtuse, 

 pointed, rigid, very narrow at base, border cartilagi- 

 DOas, nerved to or beyond apex, nerve and border 

 generally reddish. Caps, obovate or pyfiform, pendu- 

 lous, on a long seta, lid convex, obtuse, sometimes 

 pointed. Synoicous. 



