var. β. alopecurum, l. with short hair points; caps. smaller.
γ. gracilescens. l. obtuse, caps. small, on a short seta.
225. R. microcarpon. Brid. St. slender fasciculate with
short branches; l. spreading falcato-secund, lanceolate
tapering to a short point, areolæ all long and sinuous;
caps. small ovate, thin and pale, with a robust rostrate lid.
Highlands of Scotland.
226. R. lanuginosum. Brid. St. very long and slender, fasciculate; l. lanceolate tapering into a long strongly dentate point, sometimes secund or spreading from an erect base; areolæ sinuous; caps. small ovoid, on a short roughish seta, and with a long straight rostrate lid; calyp. papillose above.
Mountains, walls, rocks, and heaths. III.
227. R. canescens. Brid. St. 2-4in. decumbent at base; l. ovate-lanceolate tapering into a long denticulate point, recurved from an erect base, areolæ sinuous; caps. ovoid eight-striate when dry, with a very long subulate lid; calyp. papillose above.
Stony and sandy heaths. III.
var. β. prolixum. older innovations only with fasciculate
ramuli.
γ. ericoides. covered with fasciculate ramuli; l. squarrose.
34. GLYPHOMITRIUM. Schwg.
228. G. Daviesii. Schwg. St. ½in. cæspitose; l. linear-lanceolate spreading entire, margin thickened and reflexed
