224 SYNOPSIS OP BRITISH MOSSES. 



Woods and stony ground. Autumn. 



Reigate Heath (Mr. Mitten), 1864 ; Strensall Com- 

 mon, York, &c. 



548. H. cupressiforme, Bill. St. about 1 inch, pro- 

 cumbent, more or less regularly pinnate. L. falcato- 

 secund, pointing downwards, sharply acuminate, from 

 an ovate-lanceolate, auriculate base, entire or slightly 

 serrulate at apex, nerveless or faintly 2-nerved ; per. 1. 

 erect, almost piliferous. Caps, subcylindrical, cernuous, 

 curved, lid conical, cuspidate. Spring. 



Walls, rocks, trunks of trees, &c. 



Var. /3. EEiCBTOEUM {compressum). St. slender, pin- 

 nate, reddish, with compressed foliage. L. pale green, 

 serrulate at apex, seta long, slender. Caps, short, 

 elliptic, oblong. Amongst heath and bilberry, &c. 



Var. 7. MINUS. Pinnate. Br. slender. L. narrow, 

 falcate, serrulate, margin recurved. Caps, small, erect. 



Trunks of trees. 



Var. S. FiLiFOEME. Br. prostrate, filiform, slender. 

 L. falcate, serrulate. Caps, short, lid with a shorter 

 point. 



Rocks. Killarney, &c. 



Var. e. tectokum, ^'cA^'- (lacunosum, Wils.). More 

 robust. Br. thickened. L. larger, subcoriaceous, 

 vellowish-brown. 



Var, 6. ELATUM. Robust, loosely csespitose, erect. 

 L. larger, broader, very concave, narrowly acuminate, 

 brown or yellowish-green. Caps, erect, cylindrical, 

 mouth incurved 



Sutton Park, Birmingham (J. E. Bagnall) . 



549. H. resupinatum, Wils. St. creeping, snbpin- 

 nate. L. erecto-patent, secund, pointing upwards, 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a point, entire, nerveless. 



