HypN'ACEjE.] 170 [SUreodon^ 



Pylaisia sericea De Not. Epilogo 207 (1869). 



Stereodon {J^laita) subrufus Likdb. Muse Scand. 38 (1879). 



Pylaisia intricala (non Br. Sch.) Vent. & Bott. Enum. 19 (1884). 



Isol/ueium intricatutn BouL. Muse. Fr. 148 (1884). 



IsotheduM chryseum (non Schwaeg.) SpRncE in Ann. nat. hist, iii, 147 (1849). 



Dioicous ; in lax interwoven olivaceous-green tufts, rufescent at base ; 



branches slender, suberect or creeping. Leaves subsecund, erecto-patent, 



lanceolate-subulate, entire, nerveless ; cells flexuose-linear, uniform. Perich. 



bracts erect, ovato-lanceolate, not plicate, suddenly extended in a long 



flexuose subula ; seta red ; capsule erect, ovate-oblong, tapering below into- 



a neck, castaneous ; lid conic, oblique, orange ; teeth shorter than the- 



endostome, processes perforated, cilia none. 



Hab. — Damp shaded calcareous rocks in subalpine districts ; not rare. Fr. 6. 



Nant-y-Fridd {Wilson 1833)!! Greea's Clough, Malham {Nowett 1859)! Dunoon {Hunt 

 1866) ! Rannoch {B. White 1867) ! Buxton {Hunt 1867) ! ! MicklefeU {Binskad 1882) ! t 

 Whitbarrow {Stabler 1868). Trcsachs {Hunt 1866) ! ! Ben Bulben, Sligo c fr. {Moore- 

 1854). MiUersdale and Ciieedale (//oft 1880). Cwm Bychan (/;<^«rs 1889). 



14. STEBEODON EUFESCEUS {Duks.) Mitt. 



Dioicous ; erect with few branches, in reddish shining tufts. Leaves, 

 plicate, erecto-patent, lanceolate-acuminate, subsecund, entire, nerveless. 

 Capsule erect, subcylindric, lid conical, rostellate. (T. CXV, E.) 



Syh. — Hypnutn rufescens Dicks. PI. crypt, fesc III, p. 9, t. 8, f. 4 (1793). Hoffm. Deutsch. Q. ii, 

 59 ('795)- WrrHER. BoL arrang. 3 ed. iii, 846 (1796). Brio. Muse rec. II, P. II, 95^ 

 t. 3, f. I (1801), Sp. muse. II, 118 (1812). Sm. F1. Brit. 1317 (1804), Eng. Bot. t 2296. 

 P. Beauv. Prodr. 69 (1805). Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 342 (1807). Roehl. Deutscb. fl. iii,. 

 104 (1813). Hook. Tayl. Muse. Br. 99 (181S). Gray Nat. arrang. i, 757 (1821). Hook. 

 Fl. Scot. P. 2, 143 (1821). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. II, s. Ill, 297 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. 

 ii, 384 (1851). 



Leskea ruftscens Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 178, t. 86 (1816). Brid. Mant. 143 (1816), Bry.. 

 univ. ii, 284 (1827). Funck Moost. 55, L 36 (1821). Grev. Mem. Werner. Soc. iii, 425. 

 De Not. Syllab. 63 (1838). Wils. Btyol. Brit. 334 (1855). 



Isothecium rufescens Hueben. Muse. germ. 600 (1833). 



Ortholhedum rufescens Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 48, p. 3, t I (1851). Synops. 523 (i860), 

 2 ed. 631. Berk. Handb. 14 (1863). Milde Bry. Silas. 29 (1869). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed.. 

 19 (1884). HusN. Muse. Gall. 31, t. 90 (1892). Dis. Jahes. Stud. Handb. 39 (1896).. 

 Limpr. in Raben. D. kr. il. Laubm. iii, 16 (1896). 



Holmgrenia rufescens Lindb. Oefv. Vet. Ak. Foerh. 1862, p. 605. 



Stereodon {Pylaisia) rufescens Mitt. Joum. Linn. Soc. viii, 40 (1864). 



Pylaisia rufescens De Not. Epilogo 206 (1869). 



Orthothedum complanatum Kikdb. Laubm. Schwed. & Norw. 45 (1883). 



Dioicous ; in soft rufescent glossy tufts, ascending ; stem repeatedly 

 dichotomous, with few branches. Leaves erecto-patent and subsecund^ 

 not decurrent, elongate lanceolate, gradually acuminate, multiplicate,. 



