γ. minus. st. short; l. shorter, less spreading;
per. l. less striking; calyp., caps., and seta
smaller: dry heaths.
γ. β. fastigiatum. st. branched fastigiate; l. as in var. γ. Very dry heaths.
283. P. juniperum. Hedw. St. 1-6in.; l. reflexed,
spreading, linear-lanceolate, almost bristle-pointed, margin
entire, except a few teeth at apex, much inflexed from middle
upwards, somewhat spinulose at back; caps. roughish,
horizontal when dry, on a seta 2in. or more long; calyp.
large.
Heaths. V. VI.
284. P. strictum. Menzies. (P. juniperum. β. strictum, Bry. Brit.) "St. more slender, densely matted, branched, closely interwoven with whitish tomentum; l. straight, erecto-patent, imbricate when dry, shorter and narrower, pale glaucous green; caps. shorter cuboid, acutely angled, rufous orange; calyp. brownish or white." [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour. of Bot., VIII., 225.]
Mountain moors, common.
285. P. piliferum. Schreb. St. about 1in. simple; l. lower short appressed, upper much longer, lanceolate, prolonged into roughish hair points, margins entire inflexed; caps. faintly angular, almost ovate, on a short seta; calyp. long, reddish.
Dry heaths. V. VI.
46. TIMMIA. Hedw.
286. T. austriaca. Hedw. St. 2-3in.; l. linear-lanceolate from a reddish-brown sheathing dilated base, margins strongly serrate; caps. ovate pyriform, inclined, striate
