reflexed, denticulate above, nerve excurrent; caps spherical, horizontal or drooping, pedicel long, slender, suddenly bent near its union with the capsule.
Cliffs, Sussex coast. III.
Sect. II. Barren fl. axillary, antheridia naked.
30. P. Floerkeanum. Web. & M. Almost stemless, very minute; leaves broadly ovate, tapering to a point, lower ones small nerveless, upper ones larger nerve excurrent, margins reflexed; caps. ovate-spherical, shortly beaked, immersed with sub-conical curved-pointed calyptra.
Clay or chalky fields, rare. IX.-XI.
31. P. rectum. Sm. Stem short; l. closely crowded, erecto-patent, elliptic-lanceolate pointed with an excurrent nerve, often reddish, margins recurved; caps. exserted, roundish ovoid, on a longish straight pedicel.
Fields and banks near the coast, frequent. Winter.
32. P. curvicollum. Hedw. St. short reddish; l. erecto-patent, lanceolate, tapering, pointed with an excurrent nerve, entire, margin reflexed; caps. roundish, blunt-pointed, cernuous, exserted, on a longish curved pedicel; cal. dimidiate.
Moist banks and fields.
Sect. III. Barren fl. axillary, gemmiform.
33. P. cuspidatum. Schreb. From 1/8 to 1/4in. high, st. simple or branched; l. ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, erect concave, keeled, with the nerve prominently excurrent; caps. roundish, immersed on a short pedicel.
Moist banks, hedges, and fields, common. III.
