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 apex: caps. cylindrical curved cernuous; lid conical.

Wet places and bogs.

[Wilson states the leaves to be sub-denticulate at base only, whilst his figure is evidently serrulate above and entire at base. I can find no indications of denticulation, even under a ¼inch, except perhaps an occasional slight protusion of an odd cell here and there, but this cannot be called even denticulate.]

495. Brid. St. creeping pinnate; l. almost squarrose sub-second, from a cordate ovate base, tapering into long setaceous points, entire, nerved more than half way, rarely absent; areolæ not enlarged or diaphanous at base; caps. large cylindrical, curved, cernuous; lid conical.

Fallow ground, chalk hills, &c.

496. Dill. St. 1-2in. erect, densely tufted: branches irregular or sub-pinnate, cuspidate; l. squarrose, recurved, rather suddenly tapering into a long point from a deltoid-ovate base, with a few large diaphanous cells at basal angles, nerveless, entire; caps. oblong curved cernuous; lid convex pointed.

Marshes and bogs. V

c. Polygamous.

497. Bry. Eur. St. 1in. or more, procumbent, sub-pinnate; l. spreading, almost squarrose, ovate-lanceolate, tapering into shorter points than last two, entire, nerved about half way, areolæ larger at base; caps. oblong, sub-cernuous, or almost erect; lid conical pointed.

Wet swampy places.

var. ''β. stagnation.'' "st. longer, sub-erect, more pinnate; l. with a longer nerve; seta longer, often 3in. or more."