with a slightly excurrent nerve; caps. oval, erect, lid conical, beak half-length of capsule; barren fl. gemmiform.
Frequent. Spring.
var. β. stenocarpa. caps. sub-cylindrical narrow.
γ. densifolia. densely tufted; l. crowded narrower.
δ. amblyodon. teeth of peristome variable, short and truncate, acute or cleft at apex. yellowish.
ε. gymnostomoides. teeth of peristome almost wanting.
49. W. mucronata. B. & S. Smaller than last; l.
linear-lanceolate, with plane margins, the nerve slightly
excurrent and forming a mucro; caps. oblong, scarcely
striated; teeth of per. short truncate, perforated, lid with a
longish beak; barren fl. gemmiform.
Fallow (clay) ground. III. IV.
50. W. cirrhata. Hedw. St. 1/2-1in. loosely tufted; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading entire concave, keeled, margin reflexed, not nerved to apex; per. l. slightly sheathing, shorter; caps. oval-oblong; lid with a long beak; monoicous.
Posts and rocks in mountainous districts.
51. W. crispula. Hedw. St. shorter than last, branched; l. spreading, frequently falcato-secund, lanceolate-subulate, base wide, concave; margins plane, not nerved to apex; caps. oval or oblong without annulus; lid beaked. Barren fl. gemmiform.
Mountainous rocks. VI. VII.
Sect. II. Infl. dioicous; terminal.
52. W. verticillata. Brid. St. 1/4-3/4in., branches fas-
