469. H. (Rhynchostegium) Teesdalii. Sm. St. slender, creeping; br. erect; l. sub-complanate, narrowly lanceolate, rigid, slightly serrulate near apex, broadly nerved nearly to apex; caps. ovate cernuous, on a rough seta; lid almost as large as caps., beaked.
Moist shady rocks near waterfalls. III.—VI.
c. Depressæ. Pl. low cæspitose soft; l. broadly
oblong, thinly nerved; seta smooth.
- Dioicous.
470. H. (Rhynchostegium) depressum. Bruch. St. prostrate pinnate; br. thickest in middle—both very short; l. complanate crowded ovate-oblong, slightly concave and finely serrulate, shortly two-nerved; caps. ovate, curved, cernuous; lid as long as caps. and long beaked.
Rocks and stones, especially limestone. Spring.
Caergwrle, N. Wales, Oct., 1871, in fruit (C. L. Higgins.)
- * Monoicous.
471. H. (Rhynchostegium) confertum. Dicks. St. creeping sub-pinnate; br. erect; l. slightly secund or complanate, ovate acuminate concave serrulate, thinly nerved quite or more than half way; caps. ovate-oblong cernuous; lid short, with a very long curved beak.
Rocks, walls, trees, &c., frequent. X.
472. H. (Rhynchostegium) megapolitanum. Bland. Much larger than the last, and remotely branched; st. l. remote, br. l. crowded; lower oblong lanceolate, the others more or less sharply acuminate from a broad ovate base, slightly serrulate, nerved more than half way; caps. oblong
