202 SYNOPSIS OP BEITISH MOSSES. 



N. Uistj Hebrides, 1851. More recently by Mr. J. 

 Shaw. 



122. SCLEROPODIUM, Schp. 



483. S. csespitosum, Wils. St. densely tufted, creep- 

 ing. Br. slender, short, incurved. L. subsecund, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, small, concave, serrulate, 

 margin recurved, nerved above half way, nerve rarely 

 bifurcate. Caps, subcylindrical, slightly arcuate, sub- 

 erect, lid long, rostellate. 



Damp walls and roots of trees. Autumn — spring. 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Sussex, Scotland, 

 &c. 



484. S. illecebrum, Schwaeg. St. procumbent, some- 

 times subpinnate. Br. incurved, obtuse. L. erecto- 

 patent, roundish-ovate, pointed, very concave, imbricate, 

 serrulate, tip slightly recurved, nerve reaching above 

 half way, its tip slightly projecting from back of leaf, 

 rarely bifid. Caps, ovate-oblong, cernuous, somewhat 

 ventricose, Jid bluntly conical, apiculate. 



Banks and rocks near the sea. November, December. 

 Hampshire, Anglesey, &c. 



] 28. HYOCOMITJM, Schp. 



485. H. flagellare, Dicks. St. 1 inch or more, arched, 

 pinnate. Br. subfasciculate, recurved ; st. 1. squarrose, 

 broadly cordate-acuminate, apiculate, apiculus recurved, 

 slightly striate j br. 1. less spreading, subsecund, 

 roundish- ovate, less acuminate, all sharply serrate and 

 mostly 2-nerved at base or nerveless j per. 1. almost 

 erect, much narrower, nerveless. Caps, ovate-oblong, 

 curved, cernuous, on a rough seta, lid convex, apicu- 

 late. Dioicous. October, November. 



Moist shady rocks by cascades, &c. 



