elliptic, more oblong than the last (of which it may be only a variety, though very different in many points), entire except the long narrow points, which are serrulate and suddenly geniculate or reflexed where the point joins the blade; concave, nerved half way. Never been found in fruit.
Summit of Ben Lawers, 1823 (Dr. Arnott).
b. Prælongæ. l. opaque, scarcely sulcate, areolæ almost
as broad as long; seta rough.
- Synoicous.
460. H. (Eurynchium) speciosum. Brid. St. creeping, with short erect, almost complanate branches; l. ovate serrulate, nerved almost to acute apex, bright green; caps. ovate or obovate, cernuous; lid with a long pointed beak.
Stones near springs, sometimes in water. XII.
- * Dioicous.
461. H. (Eurynchium) prœlongum. Dill. St. long, arched or procumbent, often bipinnate, branches slender; l. squarrose recurved, broadly cordate, and suddenly tapering to a long point, amplexicaul, nerve carried nearly to base of point; br. l. lanceolate acuminate, all serrate: per. l. nerveless; caps. small oval-oblong, obliquely cernuous; lid with a long tapering slender beak.
Moist shady banks. XI.
462. H. (Eurynchium) hians. Hedw. Sp. Musc. 272. t. 70. L. roundish ovate, spreading, areolæ large. [Mueller Syn. II., 447.]
Sussex (Mr. Mitten).
