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 *lanceolate, acuminate; per. l. larger with a sheathing base entire, nerve predominant; caps. roundish-pyriform glossy; lid obliquely beaked, adherent to columella.

Alpine rocks, in crevices.

13. BLINDIA.

68. B. & S. St. 1/2-3in. tufted; l. subulate or lanceolate-setaceous, rigid, glossy, subsecund, nerve thick; per. l. sheathing; caps. roundish-pyriform, on a short reddish pedicel; lid with a longish beak.

Moist alpine or sub-alpine rocks. Summer.

var. β. breviseta. "Stem shorter, caps. on a very short pedicel." Wils.

γ. rupincola. pedicels arcuate.

.] trichodes. Braithwaite. l. longer and more falcate. Wet rocks, near Bolton.—Whitehead.

14. ARCTOA.

69. B. & S. St. 1/2-2in. densely tufted; l. somewhat secund, often falcate, subulate-setaceous dull green, sometimes slightly toothed at apex, nerve predominant, per. l. large sheathing; caps. ovate, sometimes gibbous, 8-furrowed, lid obliquely beaked; barren fl. gemmiform: monoicous.

Fissures of alpine rocks.

15. CYNODONTIUM.

70. B. & S. St. 1/2-1in. tufted, branches fastigiate; l. linear-lanceolate or lanc-subulate, keeled, sometimes minutely denticulate at apex, margin reflexed, twisted when dry, nerved almost or quite to apex; per. l.