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 broad. Basal areolæ lax pellucid narrow rectangular, above minute quadrate, no distinct alar cells. Caps. solitary, bent down, oval, symmetric, fuscous, when dry plicate, contracted below the mouth, lid conico-subulate oblique, red; calyp. whitish, rufous at apex.

Sandstone rocks and moist heaths.

var. β. densus. (B. & S.) st. taller, l. shorter, with more acute entire points and laxer cells.

113. Milde. Tufts dense compact. St. 1-2in. slender light silky green above, fuscous below. L. erecto-patent, appressed when dry, straight rigid, lanceolate-subulate, channelled, denticulate only at apex. Nerve very broad. Basal cells lax rectangular hyaline, very narrow at margin, above elliptic.

Alpine hills. Scotland.

114. Brid. (C. turfaceus. B. & S.) Tufts flat oliveceous or bright green, finally tawny. St. 1/2-1in. slender erect, radiculose only at base. L. less crowded, gradually larger upwards, erecto-patent, lower lanceolate, middle lanceolate-subulate, upper from a lanceolate base setaceous. Nerve one-third base, thin channelled at back. Areolæ resembling C.flexuosus, but thinner, hyaline at base Fr. several from same apex; caps. ovate olivaceous, fulvous when ripe, sulcate, lid obliquely rostrate; calyp. whitish, tip brown.

Moist heaths and sides of ditches.

var. β. Mülleri. Juratzka. L. caducous, calyptra without fringe.