218 SYNOPSIS OP BEITISH MOSSES. 



acuminate, striate, faintly subserrulate near the base, 

 remotely denticulate above, nerved nearly to apex, 

 basal cells oblong, rhomboid, gradually passing into 

 the long, narrower ones above, at anriculate angles, 

 larger, inflated, hyaline. Caps, subcylindrical, curved, 

 cernuous, on a seta 1 incli long or more, lid convexo- 

 conical, annulus absent. 



Marshes and marshy beaths. April, May. 



Var. /S. PUEP0RASCENS. Tufts deep, purple or varie- 

 gated with green. L. except the youngest less elongate, 

 purple, upper paler, less falcate. 



Alpine pools. 



Scotland. 



Var. 7. STENOPHTLLTJM, Wils. {RotcB, De Not. et Sch. 

 Syn.). Tufts purple, rarely green. St. densely and 

 irregularly branched. L. long, straight, narrowly 

 lanceolate, at apex of branches subsecund. 



Subalpine streams and pools. 



Yorkshire and North of England. 



ft Branches and stems scarcely hooked. 



534. H. lycopodioides, Schw. St. about 2 inches, 

 erect, subpinnate, rather rigid. L. flexuoso-falcato- 

 secund, ovate-acuminate, tapering to an acute point, 

 but not apiculate, concave, flexuoso-sulcate, entire, 

 nerved nearly to apex. Caps, oblong, cernuous, in- 

 curved from an erect base, lid conical, mamillate. 



Bogs and marshes. Fruit rare. June. 



Southport, in fruit. 



h. Monoicous. 



535. H. fluitans, Linn. St. 6 — 12 inches, erect or 

 floating, pinnate, slender. Br. short, deflexed; st. 1. 



