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tlie seta, obovate or oblong pyriform, rather bladdery, not constricted 

 below the very small mouth, which is not oblique, the neck as long 

 as tlie capsule. Lid very small conical obtusely apiculate. Ring 

 broad, of three to four rows of pale yellow cells. Peristome small, its 

 outer teeth lanceolate-subulate pale yellow above, fuscous below, the 

 inner adhering to the outer, and about the same length. Cilia not 

 seen. Seta four to seven lines long, reddish brown. Inflorescence 

 synoicous. Fruit, July. 



Altitude 1 Distribution, Prov. 8. 



Habitat, &c. — Loose earth among limestone rocks, Litton ; June, 

 1879, Mr. Whitehead. 



COSCINODON CBIBROSUS (GRIMMIA), Hedw., Spruce, &c. ; 

 0. puhinatus, Sprengel. Bryol. Europ. ; Milde, &g. 



Tufts lin. to Sin. broad, glaucous or dark grey, often black below, 

 usually very earthy and cohering loosely, rounded or patchy. Stems 

 about half an inch long, dichotomously branched. Leaves adpressed 

 when dry, erecto-patent when wet, rather tender, lanceolate and 

 channelled above, from an ovate or oblong concave base, wdh a furrow 

 on either side of the nerve^ rather obtuse, the upper ones with hair 

 points, broad, flat decurrent at the base, shortly toothed, as long as or 

 longer than the leaves. Margin erect. Nerve channelled semiterete, cells 

 in the upper part of the leaf, small roundish, rather opaque, quadrate 

 lower down, sub-contiguous, those at the base next the nerve rectangular 

 contiguous, those next the margin more hyaline. Capsule submersed^ 

 not reaching the top of the hair poijits, erect obovate, very wide- 

 mouthed, thin-walled, smooth, pale yellowish brown. Lid large, 

 broadly conical, with an erect obtuse rostrum. Calyptra lobed at the 

 base, plicate, covering almost the entire capsule. Peristome large, its 

 teeth, widely lanceolate, faintly barred, beautifully cribrose, papillose at 

 the apex, yellowish or reddish, reflexed when dry. Seta very short 

 straight. Vaginula with a hyaline crown, oblong. Dioicous. Fruit, 

 April. 



/3 sub-perforata, " an species propria," Philibert MSS. Tufts and 

 stems as in the type. Leaves less patent, hair points short. Capsule 

 a little turned to one side of the stem. Peristome more distinctly 

 barred, much less i)erforated, purple. Not British. 



Altitude % British distribution, Prov. 12. 



Habitat. — On rocks and in crevices, Coniston. Apr., 1867, Prof. 

 Barker. 



Foreign distrib., Scand., Germ., Aust., Switz., Italy, France, Spain. 



