var. β. nutans. Brid. branches longer, caps. distinctly cernuous.
446. H. (Brachythecium) PLUMOSUM. Swartz. St.
creeping; branches long, frequently erect, subpinnate; l.
ovate, concave, acuminate, sub-secund, serrulate near apex,
nerved above half way; caps. small roundish ovate, cernuous,
seta roughish at summit only; lid conical acute: monoicous.
Sub-alpine shady rocks, stones in rivulets, walls, &c.
X.—III
Sub-genus V. Scleropodium. Areolation vermicular,
slightly dilated and excavate at angles; caps. on
a rough seta, sub-erect or cernuous, turgid,
ovate or oblong and sub-incurved.
447. H. (Scleropodium) CÆSPITOSUM. Wils. St.
densely tufted, creeping; branches slender, short, incurved;
l. sub-secund, ovate, small, concave, serrulate, nerved above
half-way; caps. sub-cylindrical, slightly arcuate, sub-erect;
lid long rostellate; dioicous.
Damp walls and roots of trees. XI.
Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Sussex.
448. H. (Scleropodium) ILLECEBRUM. L. St. procumbent, sometimes sub-pinnate, branches incurved obtuse; l. roundish-ovate, pointed, very concave, imbricate, serrulate, tip slightly recurved; nerve reaching above half way, its tip slightly projecting from back of leaf; caps. ovate oblong cernuous, somewhat ventricose; lid bluntly conical apiculate: dioicous.
Banks and rocks near the sea. XI. XII.
Hampshire, Anglesea.
