- lanceolate, acuminate; per. l. larger with a sheathing base
entire, nerve predominant; caps. roundish-pyriform glossy; lid obliquely beaked, adherent to columella.
Alpine rocks, in crevices. VII.
13. BLINDIA. Wils.
68. B. acuta. B. & S. St. 1/2-3in. tufted; l. subulate or lanceolate-setaceous, rigid, glossy, subsecund, nerve thick; per. l. sheathing; caps. roundish-pyriform, on a short reddish pedicel; lid with a longish beak.
Moist alpine or sub-alpine rocks. Summer.
var. β. breviseta. "Stem shorter, caps. on a very short
pedicel." Wils.
γ. rupincola. pedicels arcuate.
.] trichodes. Braithwaite. l. longer and more falcate. Wet rocks, near Bolton.—Whitehead.
14. ARCTOA. Bruch. & S.
69. A. fulvella. B. & S. St. 1/2-2in. densely tufted; l. somewhat secund, often falcate, subulate-setaceous dull green, sometimes slightly toothed at apex, nerve predominant, per. l. large sheathing; caps. ovate, sometimes gibbous, 8-furrowed, lid obliquely beaked; barren fl. gemmiform: monoicous.
Fissures of alpine rocks. VII. VIII.
15. CYNODONTIUM. Bruch & S.
70. C. Bruntoni. B. & S. St. 1/2-1in. tufted, branches fastigiate; l. linear-lanceolate or lanc-subulate, keeled, sometimes minutely denticulate at apex, margin reflexed, twisted when dry, nerved almost or quite to apex; per. l.
