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 45. . Wils. St. 1/4in. loosely tufted, l. linear-lanceolate, squarrose, distant, blunt, nerve running out into a mucro; caps. elliptical, sometimes oblique and unequal; lid with a blunt beak.

Clay fields and banks. Autumn, Spring.

46. . Hedw. St. 1/8 to 1/4in. densely tufted; l. linear-lanceolate, acute, upper ones longest, nerve excurrent; capsule elliptical, sometimes oblique and gibbous, olive-brown, much contracted, lid with a longish curved beak.

Fields, &c. Spring.

var. β. obliquum. caps oblong, oblique, lid sub-rostrate.

γ. brevirostre. caps. oblong symmetrical, lid short conical.

δ. brachycarpum. caps. roundish, gibbous.

ε. elatum. innovations overtopping fruit, caps. roundish small, lid sub-rostrate.

b. Caps. scarcely contracted; sporangium not adherent.

47. . Schw. St. 1/8-1/4in. densely tufted with fastigiate branches; l. oblong lanceolate, spreading or sub-*erect curved, obtuse, pointed with the excurrent nerve; caps. elliptical, with a purple mouth and an inclined beaked lid.

Limestone rocks. Spring.

var. β. subcylindricum. l. linear-lanceolate, caps. oblong.

6. WEISSIA.

a. Monoicous.

48. Hedw. St. 1/8-1/4in. branched; l. lower lanceolate, upper linear-lanceolate, margin incurved,