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 64. DISCELIUM.

381. Brid. Stemless; l. few, ovate-lanceolate, entire, concave, round the base of the seta, generally buried; seta ½-1in.; caps. sub-globose reddish, cernuous, small; lid conical acute.

Clay banks and beds.

Near Manchester (Cayley); Todmorden (Hobkirk).

65. SPLACHNUM. B. & S.

382. L. Stem ¼-1in. radiculose; l. roundish-ovate, obtuse, or ovate acuminate, entire, narrow at base, not nerved to apex, areolæ lax; caps. small cylindrical on a large globular apophysis; lid convex: dioicous.

Elevated wet places.

383. L. St. about 1in.; l. lower lanceolate, upper larger obovate or oblong-lanceolate, all serrate or sometimes entire, acuminate, nerved nearly to apex; areolæ lax; seta dilated above into a turbinate apophysis, bearing the small cylindrical caps; the whole shaped like the ancient ampulla; lid conical; mono- or dioicous.

On dung in peaty places.

384. Hedw. St. ½-1in.; l. roundish obovate, acuminate, scarcely serrate, lower smaller, nerved nearly to apex; apophysis not tapering, roundish ovate, about same width as cylindrical capsule; lid mammillate: dioicous.

Dung in moist peaty places.