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  B. mouth of caps. oblique.
      43. Zierii.
      44. demissum.

VI. L. broad roundish bordered.

      45. Tozeri.

VII. L. very large, in a terminal rosaceous tuft.

      46. roseum.


Sect. I.

292. (1) B. acuminatum. B. & S. St. ½-1in., simple or branched; l. rigid, lower ovate-lanceolate, upper linear-lanceolate larger, margins recurved, nerved to serrulate apex, sometimes secund; caps. almost horizontal, narrowly clavate, tapering at base; lid sharply conical. (There are many varieties.)

Crevices of rocks and mountainous districts. VIII.

293. (2) B. polymorphum. B. & S. St. ¼-½in., seldom branched; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, small, scattered, upper oblong lanceolate longer, crowded, apex in all serrate; caps. oblong pyriform horizontal or drooping, with a short neck; lid mammillate. (Many varieties.)

Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.

294. (3) B. elongatum. Dicks. St. ¼-1in., one innovation from floral apex; l. lower ovate-lanceolate scattered, upper longer linear-lanceolate, all serrate at apex; caps. very long and slender, clavate, with a long distinct neck, inclined, upright when dry; lid convex beaked; inner perist. with cilia.

Rocks and walls in mountainous districts. VIII.