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L. not curling, generally piliferous; caps. smooth on a straight seta; cal. multifid at base or cucullate.

209. Sm. Stems ¼-½in. tufted, l. erecto-patent, lanceolate-elongate narrow, tapering into a roughened hair point, margin plane; per. l. longer; caps. erect oval-oblong, slightly exserted, pale yellowish brown, lid obtuse conical; annulus small; per. teeth broad, sometimes perforate: monoicous.

Mountain rocks and walls. E. S. W.

var. β. sudetica. l. with longer hair points; caps. immersed; lid conico-acuminate.

γ. elongata. l. scarcely hair-pointed, caps. on a longish seta.

210. Juratzka. Compact irregular blackish green, hoary tufts; st. short simple or dichotomous; l. erecto-patulous, lower smaller muticous, upper larger lanceolate from an obovate base, ending in a long smooth hair point, margin plane; basal cells quadrate hyaline, above quadrate, then opaque and indistinct; caps. small oval smooth, without annulus, exserted on an erect pale brown seta; lid conical obtuse, calyp. cucullate: monoicous. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c., 198.]

On earth in crevices of rocks at 1600 feet at Ballater (Rev. J. Fergusson).

211. W. & M. St. ½in. or more, branched fastigiate; l. spreading, erect when dry, lanceolate tapering into a roughish hair-point, nerve broad indistinct, margin recurved below; caps. ovoid erect exserted reddish brown,