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Bare stony places. Not common. 

 Between Ben Lawers and Killin, 1865 (McKinlay) ; 

 Islay, 1883 (Kev. A. Ley). 



h. Dioicous. 



403. A. angustatum, Brid. St. shorter. L. narrower, 

 densely reticulate, margin serrate at apex only, less 

 hispid beneath, with numerous lamellse on nerve. Caps, 

 suberect, cylindrical, straight or curved, lid dark 

 purple, shortly rostrate. [Schp. Syn., p. 529.] 



Bare sandy ground, heaths, &c. Winter. 



Braes of Donne, fruit (McKinlay) ; Sussex — male 

 (Mitten). 



\_A. tenellum, E,ohl. The plants referred to this 

 species as British belong to unchilata or its var. minor.] 



404. A. crispum, James {laxifolium, Wils. MS.). St. 

 simple, slender. L. lower small, somewhat spathulate, 

 upper much larger, erecto-patent, curved and flexuose 

 when dry, oblong-lanceolate, slightly undulate, border 

 thickened, toothed, nerve reaching apex, narrowly 

 1 — 4 lamellate, areolae larger, hexagonal or rounded. 

 Caps, obovate-oblong, suberect or inclined, wido- 

 mouthed, teeth very short, irregular, seta red. 



Lancashire; Oakmere, Cheshire ; Saddleworth, Mars- 

 den (Whitehead), Hebden Bridge (Nowell), Yorkshire; 

 Dartmoor. Male plant only found in Britain. 



84. POGONATUM, P. Beauv. 



Aloidea. — PI. low, simple, gregarious. L. broad, 



involute (resembling those of an Aloe). 



405. P. nanum, Bill. {Polytrichum . subrotundum, 

 Huds., Br. M. FL). St. short, not branched at apex. 

 L. rigid, spreading, lanceolate-obtuse, sheathing, serru- 



