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erectj irregularly pinnate branches. L. subfalcate, 

 secund, ovate-lanceolate, prolonged into a taper point, 

 nerved half way or more, margin serrulate, reflexed 

 below ; per. 1. almost piliferous. Caps, roundish ovate, 

 cernuous, lid couvexo-conical, muticous. Monoicous. 



November, March. 

 Walls, sandy hedge banks, roots of trees, &c. 



471. B. reflexum, W. and M. St. more or less arched, 

 procumbent, and rooting at extremities. Branches 

 subpinnate, slender, incurved. L. from a broad, ovate- 

 cordate base, more or less suddenly acuminate, almost 

 piliferous, finely serrate, nerved almost or quite to apex, 

 margin reflexed, areolae lax, quadrate, excavate at basal 

 angles. Caps, small, roundish- ovate, horizontal, lid 

 conical, pointed. Monoicous. 



Scottish mountains. Autumn. 



472. B. Starkii, Srid. St. creeping or densely 

 csespitose, ascending. Branches' erect, arcuate at sum- 

 mit. St). 1. obcordate-lanceolate; br. 1. ovate-lanceolate, 

 gradually acuminate, acumen slightly twisted, serrate, 

 nerved half way, cells hexagono-rhomboid ; per. 1. 

 squarrose, nerveless. Caps, turgid-ovate, subglobose, 

 horizontal, lid convexo-conical, annulus broad. Per. 

 processes with cilia. Monoicous. 



Stones and ground in woods. September — March. 

 Scotland, Ben Lawers, &c. 



473. B. glaoiale, B. and S. St. creeping, branched. 

 L. imbricate, julaceous, ovate-lanceolate, more or less 

 apiculate, slightly sulcate, serrate, nerved nearly to 

 apex ; per. 1. imbricate, nerveless, with along, flexuose 

 apiculus. Caps, cernuous, horizontal, oval .or ovate, 

 lid convexo-conical, with a short beak, annulus narrow. 

 Monoicous. 



