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 ovate oblong, arcuate, cernuous on a very rough seta; lid bluntly pointed: monoicous.

Banks, walls, and trees. Common.

var. δ. plumulosum. Sch. l. narrower, tapering, not acuminate. Sands, Southport.

443. H.. B. & S. St. loosely cæspitose, prostrate or ascending, much branched; l. erecto-patent, longly ovate-lanceolate, more or less subulato-acuminate, serrulate, thinly nerved more than half way, plicate, shining; per. l. recurved squarrose from the middle, piliferous; caps. oblong-cylindrical subarcuate, on a slightly roughened seta. (Sch. Synopsis, 543.)

Grassy places, fields, &c. Winter and Spring.

Maresfield, Sussex (Mr. Mitten); Spec, in Herb. Kew. "Newchurch, Over, Cheshire, W. W. Dec. 13, 1837."

444. H.. Bruch. St. arched, slender; branches slender, incurved, sub-pinnate; l. deltoid-ovate, gradually tapering, not suddenly acuminate, serrate, nerved above halfway, decurrent: caps. short roundish ovate arcuate, cernuous; lid large conical acute rostellate: dioicous.

Stones, &c., by rivulets in shady woods; sometimes in water, when the st. are often very elongate.

445. H.. Hedw. St. creeping, sub-pinnate; l. narrowly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a long serrulate point, margin reflexed, nerved to apex; caps. small roundish ovate, slightly cernuous or nearly erect; lid conical, very acute, sub-persistent on the ripe fruit: monoicous.

Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent.