spreading ovate-lanceolate acute, margin recurved, entire; nerve excurrent into a longish mucro; caps. ovate; lid conical obliquely rostrate; per. teeth very variable, rather long, with a medial line.
Moist limestone banks, walls, &c. III.
128. A. latifolia. N. & H. St. short, gregarious, bulb-like; l. imbricate, broadly roundish-ovate, pointed or obtuse, concave, nerve ceasing below apex: caps. oval-oblong, lid long, rostrate.
Alpine rocks, in crevices. Spring.
var. β. pilifera. l. with hair-like points.
[23. DESMATODON. Brid.—Vide "Tortula."]
24. DISTICHIUM. B. & S.
129. D. capillaceum. B. & S. St. 1-2in. cæspitose; l. subulate-setaceous, spreading; caps. erect, ovate-oblong or almost cylindrical, reddish brown; per. teeth, narrow, articulate, bi- or tri-fid.
Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.
130. D. inclinatum. B. & S. St. shorter than last, and less cæspitose; leaves same, per. l. 1, 2, or 3 together; caps. oval, olive brown, inclined or cernuous; per. teeth larger lanceolate, articulate, entire or perforate, bi-trifid.
Irish and Scotch mountains. VI. VII.
var. β. tenue. smaller in all its parts.
25. DIDYMODON. Br. & S.
1. Monoicous.
131. D. rubellus. B. & S. St. 1/4-1in. cæspitose, lower
