b. St. taller, branched; per. l. slightly sheathing, caps. oval or ovoid, truncate; lid with a long beak, annulus narrow, persistent.
43. G. rupestre. Schw. St. 1/2in. densely tufted,
slender, dichotomous; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading obtuse
keeled, nerved nearly to apex; capsule erect oval, lid flattish,
suddenly rising to a longish scarcely bent beak.
Wet alpine rocks. Autumn.
var. β. ramosissimum. densely tufted, leaves shorter,
capsule smaller on a shorter pedicel.
γ. stelligerum. loosely tufted, l. fasciculate and stellato-patent at the ends of the branches, linear-lanceolate acute.
δ. compactum. leaves fascicled, longer and more obtuse.
44. G. curvirostrum. Hedw. St. 1/2-1in. cæspitose
branches fastigiate; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading keeled,
margins recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps. broadly
ovoid, lid adhering to columella, conical battened, with a
long suddenly bent beak.
Moist sub-alpine rocks. Autumn.
var. β. pomiforme. leaves narrow, caps. more spherical.
γ. microcarpon. l. broader, erecto-patent, caps. smaller, roundish-obovate.
δ. pallidisetum. st. long slender, l. fascicled, caps. small obovate, with a shorter pedicel and beak.
Sect. II. Infl. monoicous; margins of l. incurved or
plane, not reflexed.
a. Caps. contracted at mouth; sporangium adherent to
columella forming a closed sac.
