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 "Glen Tilt, at foot of Ben-y-Gloe, 1823, not since found."—Wils.

[I have a specimen gathered by Dr. A. O. Black, marked "Esk-no-more."]

76. Hedw. St. 1/2-1in. sub-cæspitose, branched sparingly; l. base broad, suddenly lanceolate-subulate, spreading flexuose keeled, denticulate at apex; caps. ovate-oblong, scarcely strumose, cernuous; lid conical, shortly rostrate; dioicous.

Clayey or sandy soil near streams, rare.

Lancashire, Cheshire, and near Glasgow.

77. Schrad. St. 1-3in. dichotomous; l. lanceolate from a broad sheathing base obtuse, undulate, entire concave recurved, nerve narrow, reaching nearly to apex; caps. ovate-oblong cernuous; lid long conical, with a short beak.

Wet mountainous places.

78. Hedw. St. 1/4in. sparingly branched; l. spreading flexuose, almost setaceous from a broadish amplexicaul base, entire, nerved into the subula; caps. roundish-ovate gibbous, strumose; lid with a long oblique or curved subulate beak.

Sandy banks or on turf, frequent.

var. β. pusillum. st. shorter, simple; l. smaller sub-erect; caps. smaller and less gibbous.

L. secund or sub-secund.

79. Hedw. St. 1/4in. cæspitose; l. lanceolate, entire keeled sub-denticulate at apex, margin reflexed,