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 Aberdeen, by Mr. Dickson, but the specimen in Herb. Turner is not certain.

389. Grev. St. 1-4in. radiculose; l. erecto-patent, oval-oblong or lingulate obtuse, margin plane, not nerved to apex; caps. obovate with a short tapering neck; lid conical pointed; columella exserted when dry.

Wet mountainous bogs. Scotland.

69. ŒDIPODIUM.

390. Schw. St. ¼-½in, tufted; barren often much longer; l. obovate-roundish, obtuse, fringed below, not nerved to apex; caps. obovate or pyriform, neck tapering into a thick succulent seta; lid convex obtuse.

Crevices of mountainous rocks.

70. SCHISTOSTEGA.

391. W. & M. St. ¼-½in.; l. bifarious, insertion vertical, lanceolate, pale green; caps. small, sub-*globose, mouth large; lid convex; young plant, when growing in caves, emitting a beautiful golden green light.

Sandstone caves and banks, not rare.

71. FISSIDENS.

I. Fructif. terminal.

a. Monoicous.

392. Hedw. St. 1/8in. simple; l. few, lower small ovate, upper lanceolate-oblong oblique, acute, margin not bordered, serrulate, nerved to apex, dorsal wing not