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 with a slightly excurrent nerve; caps. oval, erect, lid conical, beak half-length of capsule; barren fl. gemmiform.

Frequent. Spring.

var. β. stenocarpa. caps. sub-cylindrical narrow.

γ. densifolia. densely tufted; l. crowded narrower.

δ. amblyodon. teeth of peristome variable, short and truncate, acute or cleft at apex. yellowish.

ε. gymnostomoides. teeth of peristome almost wanting.

49. B. & S. Smaller than last; l. linear-lanceolate, with plane margins, the nerve slightly excurrent and forming a mucro; caps. oblong, scarcely striated; teeth of per. short truncate, perforated, lid with a longish beak; barren fl. gemmiform.

Fallow (clay) ground.

50. Hedw. St. 1/2-1in. loosely tufted; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading entire concave, keeled, margin reflexed, not nerved to apex; per. l. slightly sheathing, shorter; caps. oval-oblong; lid with a long beak; monoicous.

Posts and rocks in mountainous districts.

51. Hedw. St. shorter than last, branched; l. spreading, frequently falcato-secund, lanceolate-subulate, base wide, concave; margins plane, not nerved to apex; caps. oval or oblong without annulus; lid beaked. Barren fl. gemmiform.

Mountainous rocks.

Infl. dioicous; terminal.

52. Brid. St. 1/4-3/4in., branches fas