apex: caps. cylindrical curved cernuous; lid conical.
Wet places and bogs. IV. V.
[Wilson states the leaves to be sub-denticulate at base only, whilst
his figure is evidently serrulate above and entire at base. I can
find no indications of denticulation, even under a ¼inch, except
perhaps an occasional slight protusion of an odd cell here
and there, but this cannot be called even denticulate.]
495. H. chrysophyllum. Brid. St. creeping pinnate;
l. almost squarrose sub-second, from a cordate ovate base,
tapering into long setaceous points, entire, nerved more than
half way, rarely absent; areolæ not enlarged or diaphanous
at base; caps. large cylindrical, curved, cernuous; lid
conical.
Fallow ground, chalk hills, &c. V.—IX.
496. H. stellatum. Dill. St. 1-2in. erect, densely tufted: branches irregular or sub-pinnate, cuspidate; l. squarrose, recurved, rather suddenly tapering into a long point from a deltoid-ovate base, with a few large diaphanous cells at basal angles, nerveless, entire; caps. oblong curved cernuous; lid convex pointed.
Marshes and bogs. V. VI.
c. Polygamous.
497. H. POLYGAMUM. Bry. Eur. St. 1in. or more, procumbent, sub-pinnate; l. spreading, almost squarrose, ovate-lanceolate, tapering into shorter points than last two, entire, nerved about half way, areolæ larger at base; caps. oblong, sub-cernuous, or almost erect; lid conical pointed.
Wet swampy places. V.
var. β. stagnation. "st. longer, sub-erect, more pinnate;
l. with a longer nerve; seta longer,
often 3in. or more."
