190 SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



lace, branched ; foliage, young green, older brownish. 

 L. subsecund, lanceolate, long tapering, concave, obso- 

 letely sulcate, entire. Caps, ovate, tapering below, 

 almost erect, lid conical, pointed. Perist. int. processes 

 longer than teeth. Dioicous. Fr. not found in Britain. 

 Subalpine rocks. Summer. 



461. 0. rufesoens, Dicks. St. 1 — 3 inches, erect, 

 branched, with reddish-brown foliage. L. imbricate, 

 almost erecb or subsecund, lanceolate, long tapering, 

 often almost piliferous, distinctly sulcate, margins 

 plane. Caps, generally erect, cylindrical, on a long, 

 smooth seta, lid shortly conical, int. processes with 

 cilia. Dioicous. 



Moist shady alpine rocks. Summer. 



Scotland. 



116. PYLAISIA, 8ch.p. 



462. P. polyantha, Schreb. St. short, creeping,, 

 branched. Branches incurved above. L. crowded, 

 subsecund, ovate-acuminate, suddenly apiculate, with 

 apiculus sometimes slightly serrulate, nerveless. Caps, 

 elliptic-oblong, erect, broader below, with a conical, 

 bluntish lid, per. processes cleft in the carina, rarely 

 bifid. Monoicous. 



Trees. Autumn, winter. 



England, Scotland, Wales. 



117. HOMALOTHECITIM, Schp. 



463. H. sericeum, Linn. St. 1 inch or more, creep- 

 ing, branched. Branches erect, curved. L. imbricate, 

 subsecund, lanceolate, long tapering, scarcely nerved 

 to apex, finely serrulate, areolae very narrow. Caps, 

 almost erect, cylindrical, tapering above, on a rough 

 seta, lid conical, obliquely beaked. Perist. teeth with 

 a hyaline margin. Dioicous. November — March. 



