135. D. flexifolius. Hook. & Tayl. Barren stems long trailing, fertile ½in; l. spreading, flexuose, more so when dry, oblong or ligulate, margin reflexed below, and serrate at apex, nerve not reaching apex; areolæ round; caps. small cylindrical, somewhat curved, lid with a short beak; per. teeth short.
High moorlands, Buxton, Alderley Edge, Ben Ledi. III. IV.
var. gemmescens. Mitt. MS. Nerve excurrent into an
apiculus, which bears a cluster ef egg-shaped
or oblong gemmæ.
Old thatch, Amberley, Sussex (Mitten).
136. D. recurvifolius. Tayl. "Stems elongate, loosely cæspitose; l. squarrose, crisped and undulate when dry; elliptic oblong or ligulate, pale margined serrulate, nerve sub-excurrent; areolæ small dense opaque, elongate and pellucid at base." Ireland, 1842; fruit not known (Wilson).
26. TRICHOSTOMUM. Br. & S
Sect. I. L. lanceolate or ligulate: dioicous.
137. T. tophaceum. Brid. St. ¼-1in. densely cæspitose,
branches fasciculate; l. lanceolate (the upper ones obtuse),
concave keeled, margins recurved; nerve not reaching to
apex; caps. sub-cylindrical erect, regular; lid with an
oblique beak; per. teeth variable, sometimes only 16, somewhat
fugacious.
Moist places and rocks. XI.
138. T. brachydontium. Bruch. (T. mutabile. olim.)
