45. G. squarrosum. Wils. St. 1/4in. loosely tufted, l. linear-lanceolate, squarrose, distant, blunt, nerve running out into a mucro; caps. elliptical, sometimes oblique and unequal; lid with a blunt beak.
Clay fields and banks. Autumn, Spring.
46. G. microstomum. Hedw. St. 1/8 to 1/4in. densely tufted; l. linear-lanceolate, acute, upper ones longest, nerve excurrent; capsule elliptical, sometimes oblique and gibbous, olive-brown, much contracted, lid with a longish curved beak.
Fields, &c. Spring.
var. β. obliquum. caps oblong, oblique, lid sub-rostrate.
γ. brevirostre. caps. oblong symmetrical, lid short conical.
δ. brachycarpum. caps. roundish, gibbous.
ε. elatum. innovations overtopping fruit, caps. roundish small, lid sub-rostrate.
b. Caps. scarcely contracted; sporangium not adherent.
47. G. tortile. Schw. St. 1/8-1/4in. densely tufted with
fastigiate branches; l. oblong lanceolate, spreading or sub-*erect
curved, obtuse, pointed with the excurrent nerve; caps.
elliptical, with a purple mouth and an inclined beaked lid.
Limestone rocks. Spring.
var. β. subcylindricum. l. linear-lanceolate, caps. oblong.
6. WEISSIA. Hedw.
a. Monoicous.
48. W. controversa. Hedw. St. 1/8-1/4in. branched; l. lower lanceolate, upper linear-lanceolate, margin incurved,
