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 nerve; caps. obovate, truncate, with a wide mouth; lid convex obliquely rostrate.

Fallow soil.

var. β. major. caps. oval oblong, stem smaller.

γ. sub-cylindrica. l. ovate-lanceolate; nerve much excurrent; caps. sub-cylindrical.

119. Wils. St. 1/4in. tufted; l. obovate-oblong obtuse; nerve excurrent into a very long hair-like point; caps. elliptic-oblong, scarcely contracted, calyp. smooth.

Rocky and moist places.

120. B. & S. St. 1/4in. in tufts, l. ovate-oblong, obtuse; nerve excurrent into a longish mucro; caps. elliptic-oblong, contracted at mouth; lid shortly and obliquely rostrate; calyp. rough at apex.

Sandy banks.

121. Mitt. (Jour. Bot. ix., 4.) L. oblong-spathulate obtuse or acute, lower pale, upper green, nerve excurrent, longer in lower leaves; areolæ in upper part of leaf small obscure, smooth, lower oblong pellucid; caps. oblong-oval, mouth less than greatest diameter; lid rostrate slightly twisted; male fl. bud-like.

Aldington, near Brighton, Hastings.

122. Mitt. (l. c.) L. obovate-spathulate, acute, but not acuminate, nerve excurrent into a short point; areolæ upper rounded rather obscure, each with several elevated points, lower oblong smooth pellucid; caps. oval, lid rostrate slightly twisted; antheridia naked in axils of comal leaves.

Henfield, Sussex; Penzance (Curnow), Jersey (Piquet).