232 SYNOPSIS OP BRITISH MOSSES. 



at basal angles. Caps, small, ovate, curved, cernuous, 

 lid short, couicaL April, May. 



Marshes amongst Sphagnum. Rare in fruit. 



568. H. trifarium, W. andM. St. 2 — 3. inches, erect 

 or trailing, sparingly branched. L. very closely im- 

 bricate, fragile when dry, generally but not always 

 trifarious, roundish obtuse, slightly decurrent, concave, 

 inflated, entire, nerved almost to apex or shortly 

 2-nerved. Caps, oval-oblong, curved, cernuous, lid 

 conical. 



Alpine bogs and turfy rills. June (?). 



Sub-genus 13. Scorpidium, 

 Fastigiate, sparingly branched. Leaves imbricate, 

 second, ventricose, faintly nerved, areolae narrow. 

 Dioicons. 



569. H, seorpioides, Linn. St. 3 — i inches, erect or 

 procumbent, irregularly pinnate. Branches short. L. 

 crowded, imbricate, falcato-secnnd, large, roundish- 

 ovate, ventricose, apiculate, entire, nerveless or faintly 

 and shortly 2-nerved, purplish-brown or lurid. Caps, 

 short, oblong, curved, tumid, cernuous, on a long seta, 

 lid conical, pointed. 



Bogs. May. 



129. HYLOCOMITJM, Sch. 



a. Regularly bi-tripinnate. Leaves loosely imbricate, 

 lid rostrate. 



570. H. splendens, Hedw. St, 2 — 6 inches, erect or 

 procumljent, interruptedly bi-tripinnate, villous, red- 

 dish J foliage reddish or fulvous-green ; st. 1. roundish- 

 elliptical, with long, wavy points ; br. 1. with a short 

 point or muticous — all imbricate, concave, serrate. 



