- * Synoicous.
377. B. gracilis. Floerke, 1799. (B. Oederi, Swartz, 1800). St. 1-3in.; l. linear-lanceolate, recurved from an erect, not sheathing base, crisped when dry, margins recurved, serrate above, keeled, smooth; caps. small globose, oblique, lid convex.
Moist shady rocks. V.
378. B. ithyphylla. Brid. St. ½-2in.; l. from an erect broad base sharply bent back and lanceolate-subulate, rigid, serrulate, not crisped when dry, broadly nerved to apex; caps. globose, almost erect or cernuous.
Alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI.
62. CONOSTOMUM. Swartz.
379. C. boreale. Swartz. St. ½-2in. tufted, radiculose; l. imbricate lanceolate acuminate, keeled, serrate, nerve excurrent into a mucro; caps. globose, gibbous, cernuous; lid large beaked.
Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.
63. CATOSCOPIUM. Brid.
380. C. nigritum. Brid. St. 1in. or more (Wilson says 2-6in. or more), radiculose; l. lanceolate acute, margin reflexed entire, nerved nearly to apex; upper ones largest; caps. small globose, dark-coloured or black, cernuous; lid small conical.
Moist alpine rocks, &c.
Wilson says "fruits March (?)" My specimen from Fife is August.
