often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical pointed.
Banks and walls. V.
330. (39) B. apiculatum (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson's description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) "L. erecto-patent when dry, elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex."
Sect. V.
331. (40) B. julaceum. Sm. St. 1-3in. tufted, with long filiform branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire, margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.
Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks. VIII. IX.
var. β. concinnatum. st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a
recurved point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor);
Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills (Lyle).
332. (41) B. argenteum. L. St. ¼-½in. tufted; in
silvery white patches; l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate,
all entire except at apex, nerve not reaching pointed tapering
apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very lax; caps. oval-oblong,
reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering; lid
faintly pointed.
Roofs, walls, ground, &c. X. VI.
var. β. majus. st. longer, l. greenish, without points.
γ. lanatum. smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll, silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).
