174 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



Bogs. June, July. 



Malham Tarn (Nowell, Wilson), Suffolk fEev. W. 

 Bloomfield), High Force, Teesdale (W. West). 



Fam. 2. Aulacomniae. 

 78. AULACOMNION, Schwg. 



393. A. androgynum, Linn. St. less than 1 inch, 

 nearly simple. L. lower lanceolate, upper longer, all 

 denticulate at apex, not flexuose nor crisped when dry, 

 papillose, margin recurved. Caps, almost cylindrical, 

 gibbous, inclined, furrowed, lid short, conical, pseudo- 

 podia numerous, barren fl. gemmiform. 



Dry shady woods and banks. May, June. 



394. A. palustre, Linn. St. 2 — 4 inches, branched, 

 beset with reddish, radicles. L. oblong-lanceolate, 

 denticulate at apex, flexuose, undulate, margin reflexed, 

 crisped when dry, papillose on both sides, pseudopodia 

 less numerous. Caps, ovate-oblong, gibbous, csrnuous, 

 curved, lid conical, with a blunt beak, barren fl. discoid. 

 Dioicous. 



Turfy bogs and marshes. May, June. 



395. A. turgidum, Wahl. St. about 1 inch, scarcely 

 radiculose. L. turgid, imbricate, ovate-oblong, elon- 

 gate, obtuse, concave, margin entire, reflexed, less 

 papillose, nerve vanishing in apex. Caps, ovate-oblong, 

 turgid, lid convexo-conical, shortly apiculate, burren 

 fl. discoid, pseudopodia absent. Summer. 



Whernside, Yorkshire (West and Lees) ; Perth. 



Fam. 3. Timmise. 

 79. TIMMIA, Hedw. 



396. T. austriaca, HecZw. St. 2 — 3 inches. L. linear- 

 lanceolate from a reddish-brown, sheathing, dilated 



