var. β. gracilis. more densely tufted; l. shorter, more crowded, imbricate; caps. erect. [Wils. Bry. Brit., p. 263.]
Type not British; var. β. only found at head of Glen
Callater, 1830 (Dr. Greville); again in same locality, 1868
(Fergusson and Roy); Ingleby, Yorkshire, 1862 (Mudd.)
54. PALUDELLA. Ehr.
353. P. squarrosa. Brid. St. 2-6in. radiculose; l. obovate-lanceolate, pointed, recurved above the middle, squarrose, nerved to and serrulate at apex, margins recurved below; caps. elliptic-oblong gibbous, with a short thick neck, inclined; lid mammillate.
Boggy places. No fr. found in Britain. Summer.
55. MEESIA. Hedw.
354. M. uliginosa. Hedw. St. ½-1in. radiculose, br. fastigiate; l. lanceolate or linear obtuse (upper longer), entire, margin recurved, scarcely nerved to apex; caps. pyriform, with a long tapering neck, incurved, inclined; lid conical truncate; seta very long.
Wet and boggy places. VII. VIII.
[It is very questionable whether M. longiseta has ever been found in the British Islands.]
56. AMBLYODON. P. Beauv.
355. A. dealbatus. P. B. St. ½-1in.; l. lanceolate broad, acute, margins plane, slightly serrulate at apex, below which the strong nerve ceases; caps. clavate or pyriform, incurved, inclined, mouth oblique, lid conical, seta very long.
Wet mountainous places. S. I. VI. VII.
