informed me that he was under the impression that Juratzka had referred it to Dic. montanum; and on comparing the two I find they are truly identical. The species is, however, none the less an addition to our flora. . . . its place will be next to D. strictum." [Dr. Braithwaite, in Grevillea i., p. 75.] No. 71. Dicranum polycarpum. β. strumiferum = Oncophorus strumifer. Brid. ONCOPHORUS. Brid. L. spreading flexuose from a sub-decurrent base; caps. cernuous incurved, neck shortly and widely strumose, not striate. O. strumifer. Brid. "This is again restored to the rank of a species, as it differs from O. polycarpus (Dicranum) in the caps. being more or less cernuous, constantly strumose at base, with a compound annulus, and in the leaves having papillæ only on the upper surface." [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour. Bot. viii. 228.] 84. Dicranum heteromallum. δ. sericeum.
Add as a synonym, Dicranodontium sericeum. Schp.
85. D. Starkii. β. molle =
D. arcticum. Schp. Its general appearance better distinguishes it from D. Starkii than its microscopical characters. It is quite erect, growing in large loose patches, stems 3-4in., elastic, very robust; foliage of a fine purplish brown colour; leaf wider below, and more suddenly contracted upwards, with a thinner nerve; fruits earlier. [Hunt. l. c. p. 321.]
Ben-mac-dhui and Ben Nevis.
92. D. circinnatum. Wils.
Add as synonyms Dicranodontium aristatum. Schp. D. asperulum. Mitt.
