ovate oblong, arcuate, cernuous on a very rough seta; lid bluntly pointed: monoicous.
Banks, walls, and trees. Common. IX.—III.
var. δ. plumulosum. Sch. l. narrower, tapering, not
acuminate. Sands, Southport.
443. H. (Brachythecium) CAMPESTRE. B. & S. St.
loosely cæspitose, prostrate or ascending, much branched; l.
erecto-patent, longly ovate-lanceolate, more or less subulato-acuminate,
serrulate, thinly nerved more than half way,
plicate, shining; per. l. recurved squarrose from the middle,
piliferous; caps. oblong-cylindrical subarcuate, on a slightly
roughened seta. (Sch. Synopsis, 543.)
Grassy places, fields, &c. Winter and Spring.
Maresfield, Sussex (Mr. Mitten); Spec, in Herb. Kew. "Newchurch, Over, Cheshire, W. W. Dec. 13, 1837."
444. H. (Brachythecium) RIVULARE. Bruch. St. arched, slender; branches slender, incurved, sub-pinnate; l. deltoid-ovate, gradually tapering, not suddenly acuminate, serrate, nerved above halfway, decurrent: caps. short roundish ovate arcuate, cernuous; lid large conical acute rostellate: dioicous.
Stones, &c., by rivulets in shady woods; sometimes in water, when the st. are often very elongate.
IX.
445. H. (Brachythecium) POPULEUM. Hedw. St. creeping, sub-pinnate; l. narrowly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a long serrulate point, margin reflexed, nerved to apex; caps. small roundish ovate, slightly cernuous or nearly erect; lid conical, very acute, sub-persistent on the ripe fruit: monoicous.
Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. IX.—II.
