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 spreading ovate-lanceolate acute, margin recurved, entire; nerve excurrent into a longish mucro; caps. ovate; lid conical obliquely rostrate; per. teeth very variable, rather long, with a medial line.

Moist limestone banks, walls, &c.

128. N. & H. St. short, gregarious, bulb-like; l. imbricate, broadly roundish-ovate, pointed or obtuse, concave, nerve ceasing below apex: caps. oval-oblong, lid long, rostrate.

Alpine rocks, in crevices. Spring.

var. β. pilifera. l. with hair-like points.

[23. DESMATODON. —Vide "."]

24. DISTICHIUM. B. & S.

129. B. & S. St. 1-2in. cæspitose; l. subulate-setaceous, spreading; caps. erect, ovate-oblong or almost cylindrical, reddish brown; per. teeth, narrow, articulate, bi- or tri-fid.

Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.

130. B. & S. St. shorter than last, and less cæspitose; leaves same, per. l. 1, 2, or 3 together; caps. oval, olive brown, inclined or cernuous; per. teeth larger lanceolate, articulate, entire or perforate, bi-trifid.

Irish and Scotch mountains.

var. β. tenue. smaller in all its parts.

25. DIDYMODON.

1. Monoicous.

131. B. & S. St. 1/4-1in. cæspitose, lower