ANTITEICHIA — NECKEEA. 185 



Var. /3. MOEENSis. More robust. L. larger, densely 

 conferted ; per. 1. larger, sheathing, pale. Caps, 

 elongate-cylindric, subarcuate. 



Craig Challeach (McKinlay), Berkshire, Surrey. 



95. ANTITRICHIA, Brid. 



426. A. curtipendula, Linn. St. 3 — 8 in., straggling, 

 pinnately branched. L. ovate-lanceolate, concave, 

 sharply curved to a roughly toothed point, which ends 

 iu a double hook in the younger ones, nerved half way, 

 margins recurved. Caps, roundish, elliptical, drooping, 

 lid with a short, oblique beak. 



Eocks and trees. April. 



Tribe xxvi. NECKEKACEa;. 

 96. NECKERA, Eedw. 



a. Capsule immersed. 



427. N. pennata, Hall. St. 2 inches, pinnate, with 

 complanate, longer branches. L. complanate, undulate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, subcultriform, tapering to a slightly 

 serrulate point, otherwise entire, nerveless, or some- 

 times shortly and faintly two-nerved. Caps, oblong 

 or oval, immersed, lid with a short, oblique beak. 

 Monoicous. 



Trunks of trees. Eare. Spring. 



b. Capsule exserted. 



428. N. pnmila, Hedw. St. 1 — 2 inches, subpinnate, 

 with slender flagell® and short, complanate branches. 

 L. complanate, undulate, ovate-oblong, tapering, apicu- 

 late or acuminate, somewhat concave, serrulate, margin 

 recurved, shortly two-nerved or nerveless. Caps, 

 elliptical, erect, on a very short seta, lid with a short 

 beak. Dioicous. 



