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 often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical pointed.

Banks and walls.

330. (39) (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson's description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) "L. erecto-patent when dry, elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex."

331. (40) Sm. St. 1-3in. tufted, with long filiform branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire, margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.

Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks.

var. β. concinnatum. st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a recurved point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor); Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills (Lyle).

332. (41) L. St. ¼-½in. tufted; in silvery white patches; l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve not reaching pointed tapering apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very lax; caps. oval-oblong, reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering; lid faintly pointed.

Roofs, walls, ground, &c.

var. β. majus. st. longer, l. greenish, without points.

γ. lanatum. smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll, silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).