ovate-lanceolate below, thence lineal-subulate, acute, nerve yellow continued to apex. (loc. cit. p. 329.)
Mountains near Dunkerran, common, but always sterile. (Dr. Taylor.)
180. T. nitida. Lindb. 1864. (Trichost. diffractum, Mitt. 1868.) Dioicous, densely pulvinate: stem rigid branched; l. crowded erecto-patent, arcuate when dry, more or less elongate, oblong, obtuse, channelled, margin plane slightly undulate, nerve terete prominent on back, excurrent; areolation minute, loose and cuneiform at base; fr. not known. (l. c. IX., 294.)
Clifton, Torquay, Plymouth.
181. T. sinuosa. Mitt. Jour. of Bot. v., 327. (Dicranella, Wils. MS.; Trichostomum, Lindb.) Densely cæspitose, fuscous below, l. long linear-lanceolate or subulate patent from a very short pellucid base, margin slightly recurved below, above denticulate, nerve continued into a thick obscure blunt point, often broken off; basilar cells all oblong and rectangular; fr. not known.
Shady places at roots of trees, Sussex, Cornwall, Bangor.
182. T. fragilis. Wils. (Trichostomum, Müll. Syn.) Stem erect simple or dichotomously branched, radiculose tomentose at base; l. crowded lanceolate-subulate, nerve excurrent, margins plane; areolæ minute, large and hyaline at base; caps. erect, ovate-oblong, regular or slightly incurved; lid conical with a long oblique beak; fruit rare. (l. c. IX., 294.)
Clefts of rocks and on the ground. Ben Lawers.
Summer.
