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b. St. taller, branched; per. l. slightly sheathing, caps. oval or ovoid, truncate; lid with a long beak, annulus narrow, persistent.

43. Schw. St. 1/2in. densely tufted, slender, dichotomous; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading obtuse keeled, nerved nearly to apex; capsule erect oval, lid flattish, suddenly rising to a longish scarcely bent beak.

Wet alpine rocks. Autumn.

var. β. ramosissimum. densely tufted, leaves shorter, capsule smaller on a shorter pedicel.

γ. stelligerum. loosely tufted, l. fasciculate and stellato-patent at the ends of the branches, linear-lanceolate acute.

δ. compactum. leaves fascicled, longer and more obtuse.

44. Hedw. St. 1/2-1in. cæspitose branches fastigiate; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading keeled, margins recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps. broadly ovoid, lid adhering to columella, conical battened, with a long suddenly bent beak.

Moist sub-alpine rocks. Autumn.

var. β. pomiforme. leaves narrow, caps. more spherical.

γ. microcarpon. l. broader, erecto-patent, caps. smaller, roundish-obovate.

δ. pallidisetum. st. long slender, l. fascicled, caps. small obovate, with a shorter pedicel and beak.

Infl. monoicous; margins of l. incurved or plane, not reflexed.

a. Caps. contracted at mouth; sporangium adherent to columella forming a closed sac.