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98. D. Spurium. Hedw. St. 1-2in. loosely cæspitose; l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, undulate serrate, papillose at back; not nerved to apex; caps. sub-cylindrical arcuate, slightly strumose, striate; lid with a long curved beak.

Moors and bogs. VI.


17. LEUCOBRYUM. Hampe.

99. L. glaucum. Hampe. St. 1-6in. or more, dichotomous fragile, fastigiate; l. subulate from an ovate lanceolate base, erect, rather obtuse, and apiculate; caps, cernuous, strumose, furrowed when dry.

Moist heaths, woods, rare in fr.


18. CERATODOX. Brid.

100. C. purpureus. Brid, St. 1/4-2in. cæspitose, branched; l. oblong-lanceolate, margin recurved, nerve excurrent; caps. elliptic-oblong, irregular, purple, angular when dry on a purplish red seta; lid conical.

Banks, &c., common. IV. V.

101. C. cylindricus. B. & S. St. 1/4in. gregarious; l. subulate from a dilated ovate amplexicaul base, flexuose, minutely toothed above, nerve predominant; caps. cylindrical, smooth, erect or slightly curved, on a pale slender seta; lid conical.

Sandy banks, not common. IV. V.


19. DICRANODONTIUM. Br. & S.

102. D. longirostre. B. & S. St. 1-3in. blackish; l. falcato-secund, subulato-setaceous from an ovate sheathing base, denticulate above on predominant nerve; caps. elliptic-oblong, smooth, on a thick curved or flexuose seta.

Mountainous woods, rare. X.