198 SYNOPSIS OP BRITISH MOSSES. 



procumbent J subpinnate. L. ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 filiform acuminate, serrulate, more or less deeply 

 striate, nerved more than half way. Caps, ovate, 

 cemuous, curved, lid conical, scarcely beaked, or conical 

 apiculate. Monoicons. 



Trees. , Autumn. 



Near Kirkbam Abbey, Torksbire (R. Spruce) ; 

 Sussex (Mitten) ; Scotland, &c. 



Var. 7. MiLDEANTjM, Schp. (palustre, Scb. Syn., ed. 2, 

 p. 641). St. upright, tall, robust, not pinnate, and 

 without radicles. L. broader, more concave, less dis- 

 tinctly sulcate, apiculus shorter. 



Damp places. 



Sands at Southport, Cornwall, Dublin, Fifeshire, &c. 



468. B. glareosum, Bruch. St. about 2 inches, sub- 

 procumbent. Branches sometimes subpinnate. L. 

 erecto-patent, from an ovate base, gradually tapering 

 into a long, slender, sometimes twisted, subserrulate 

 apex, margin reflexed below, interruptedly sulcate, 

 thinly nerved more than half way. Caps, ovate-oblong, 

 cernuous, arcuate, lid conical, with a distinct beak. 

 Dioicous. 



Woods and shady banks. November. 



469. B. albicans. Neck. St. about 2 inches, upright. 

 L. spreading, appressed when dry, ovate and oblong- 

 lanceolate, subpiliferous, sulcate, concave, entire, or 

 obsoletely serrulate at apex, nerved more than half 

 way. Caps, ovate, small, scarcely curved, cernuous, on 

 a slender seta. Young foliage pale green, greyish- 

 brown below. Dioicous. 



Sandy, grassy places. Spring. 



b. Seta rough. 



470. B. velutinum, Linn. St. short, creeping, with 



