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var. β. nutans. Brid. branches longer, caps. distinctly cernuous.

446. H.. Swartz. St. creeping; branches long, frequently erect, subpinnate; l. ovate, concave, acuminate, sub-secund, serrulate near apex, nerved above half way; caps. small roundish ovate, cernuous, seta roughish at summit only; lid conical acute: monoicous.

Sub-alpine shady rocks, stones in rivulets, walls, &c.

Sub-genus. Areolation vermicular, slightly dilated and excavate at angles; caps. on a rough seta, sub-erect or cernuous, turgid, ovate or oblong and sub-incurved.

447. H.. Wils. St. densely tufted, creeping; branches slender, short, incurved; l. sub-secund, ovate, small, concave, serrulate, nerved above half-way; caps. sub-cylindrical, slightly arcuate, sub-erect; lid long rostellate; dioicous.

Damp walls and roots of trees.

Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Sussex.

448. H.. L. St. procumbent, sometimes sub-pinnate, branches incurved obtuse; l. roundish-ovate, pointed, very concave, imbricate, serrulate, tip slightly recurved; nerve reaching above half way, its tip slightly projecting from back of leaf; caps. ovate oblong cernuous, somewhat ventricose; lid bluntly conical apiculate: dioicous.

Banks and rocks near the sea.

Hampshire, Anglesea.