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123. P. viridifolia. Mitt. (l. c.) (P. pallida, Braith. Jour. Bot. VIII., 255, non Lindberg.) L. obovate-spathulate obtuse or slightly acute; nerve not very stout, excurrent into a short point; margin recurved at middle; areolæ, upper hexagonal or nearly square, obscure, with minute protuberances, lower oblong hyaline smooth; caps. oblong on a short seta; lid rostrate; antheridia in axils of comal leaves.

Plymouth (Holmes).

124. P. Heimii. B. & S. St. 1/8-1/4in. cæspitose, branched; l. spreading, oblong-lanceolate, margin not recurved; caps. obovate or oblong truncate, lid obliquely rostrate, adherent to columella.

Moist banks near the sea. IV. V.


22. ANACALYPTA. Röhl.

125. A. Starkeana. N. & H. Minute, gregarious; l. spreading ovate-lanceolate, entire, margin recurved; nerve excurrent; caps. small oval brown; lid convexo-conical; per. teeth obtuse perforate.

Banks and fields. I. II.


var. β. brachyodus. caps. narrower; per. teeth very short truncate.


126. A. cæspitosa. Bruch. Minute cæspitose; l. oblong-lanceolate or ovate, concave, plane, nerve excurrent; caps. ovate yellowish brown, lid with a long beak; per. teeth perforate.

Woolsonbury Hill, Sussex (chalk). III.

127. A. lanceolata. Röhl. St. 1/4-1/2in. cæspitose; l.