204 SYNOPSIS OF mtlTlSH MOSSES. 



areolaB opaque, xninute. Caps, oblong, cemuous, lid 

 roundish, with a long, pointed beak. Dioicous. 



Shady limestone rocks and roots of trees. Spring. 



490. E. striatum, Schreb. Much larger than the last 

 in all its parts. St. loosely tufted, arched, subpinnate. 

 Br. drooping. L. gradually tapering from a broad, 

 cordate base (br. 1. obovate-lanceolate), almost squar- 

 rose, serrate, striate, nerved more than half way. 

 Paraphyllia numerous, rotund-ovate. Caps, almost 

 cylindrical, curved, cernuous, lid large, with a long, 

 slender, curved beak. Dioicous. 



Woods and shady banks. December. 



b. Seta rough. 



491. E. erassinervium, Tayl. St. creeping. Br. 

 erect. L. spreading, ovate-lanceolate, suddenly acumi- 

 nate, apiculate, serrate, concave, margin reflexed, 

 nerve thick, reaching nearly to apex, sometimes forked. 

 Caps, elliptic-oblong, small, curved, cernuous, lid large, 

 with a very long, slender, oblique beak. Dioicous. 



Shady limestone or quartzose rocks. Spring. 



492. E. piliferum, Vaill. St. 2 — 3 inches, slender, 

 procumbent, branched. L. imbricate, erecto-patent, 

 elliptical, serrulate, suddenly contracted into a long, 

 serrulate, almost piliferous point, concave, nerved half 

 way ; br. 1. smaller. Caps, oblong, cernuous, slightly 

 arcuate, lid with a long, curved beak. 



Shady banks and woods. Fruit rare. Spring. 



Section 11. FBMLONG^. 



L. opaque, scarcely sulcate, cells broader and shorter. 



a. Seta rough. 



Syuoicous. 



493. E. specioBum, Brid. Loosely csespitose. Br. 



