49. LEPTOBRYUM. Wils.
291. L. pyriforme. Wils. St. scarcely ½in.; l. lower lanceolate entire, upper linear-setaceous, flexuose, serrate at summit, nerve sometimes reaching apex; caps. pyriform pendulous, on a slender flexuose seta; lid convex mammillate.
Rocks. Cheshire. V. VI.
50. BRYUM. H. & T.
Synopsis specierum.
I. L. erect narrow; not nerved to apex (except No. 1).
A. Caps. narrow, inclined.
a. monoicous.
1. acuminatum.
2. polymorphum.
3. elongatum.
b. synoicous or dioicous.
4. crudum.
B. Caps, pyriform pendulous.
a. monoicous or synoicous.
5. nutans.
b. dioicous.
6. annotinum.
7. carneum.
II. L. ovate, not nerved to apex.
a. dioicous.
8. Wahlenbergii.
9. Ludwigii.
b. monoicous.
10. Marrattii.
11. calophyllum.
III. L. mostly ovate, nerved to apex.
A. synoicous or monoicous.
12. lacustre.
13. Warneum.
B. dioicous.
14. pseudotriquetrum.
15. neodamense.
16. alpinum.
17. Muhlenbeckii.
18. turbinatum.
19. latifolium.
20. Duvalii.
21. pallens.
22. barbatum.
IV. L. ovate, nerve excurrent.
A. monoicous.
23. uliginosum.
24. pallescens.
25. Sauteri.
B. synoicous.
a. inner perist. imperfect.
26. cernuum.
27. inclinatum.
b. inner perist. perfect.
28. intermedium.
29. bimum.
30. torquescens.
C. dioicous.
31. obconicum.
32. capillare.
33. Donianum.
34. Billarderii.
35. cæspiticium.
36. murale.
37. sanguineum.
38. atropurpureum.
39. apiculatum.
V. L. very concave, imbricate, nerve mostly ceasing below apex, dioicous.
A. caps. symmetrical.
40. julaceum.
41. argenteum.
42. Funkii.
B. mouth of caps. oblique.
43. Zierii.
44. demissum.
VI. L. broad roundish bordered.
45. Tozeri.
VII. L. very large, in a terminal rosaceous tuft.
46. roseum.
Sect. I.
292. (1) B. acuminatum. B. & S. St. ½–1in., simple or branched; l. rigid, lower ovate-lanceolate, upper linear-lanceolate larger, margins recurved, nerved to serrulate apex, sometimes secund; caps. almost horizontal, narrowly clavate, tapering at base; lid sharply conical. (There are many varieties.)
Crevices of rocks and mountainous districts. VIII.
293. (2) B. polymorphum. B. & S. St. ¼–½in., seldom branched; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, small, scattered, upper oblong-lanceolate longer, crowded, apex in all serrate; caps. oblong-pyriform horizontal or drooping, with a short neck; lid mammillate. (Many varieties.)
Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.
294. (3) B. elongatum. Dicks. St. ¼–1in., one innovation from floral apex; l. lower ovate-lanceolate scattered, upper longer linear-lanceolate, all serrate at apex; caps. very long and slender, clavate, with a long distinct neck, inclined, upright when dry; lid convex beaked; inner perist. with cilia.
Rocks and walls in mountainous districts. VIII.
295. (4) B. crudum. Schreb. St. 1–2in. cæspitose, radiculose below; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, with plane margins and reddish nerve, upper gradually passing upwards into linear-lanceolate, with serrate apex; caps. oval-pyriform, from sub-erect to horizontal or even pendulous; lid convex apiculate; inner perist. with cilia. The leaves are generally shining and transparent.
Mountainous banks and rocks. VII.
296. (5) B. nutans. Schr. St. ¼–2in. with innovations; l. spreading, with margins reflexed below, lower ovate-lanceolate entire, upper linear-lanceolate serrulate at apex; caps. pyriform or elliptical, with a short neck; lid small mammillate; inner perist. with cilia: synoicous.
Sandy heaths, &c.
(Four var. are given in Bry. Europ.)
297. (6) B. annotinum. Hed. St. ½–1in. cæspitose; l. lower lanceolate erecto-patent entire, upper longer, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed below; caps. narrow pyriform, with a long tapering neck; lid conical pointed; barren fl. terminal; inner perist. with cilia; annulus distinct compound.
Sandy banks and quarries. V. VI.
298. (7) B. carneum. L. St. ¼in. cæspitose, reddish; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower, all serrate at apex, and loosely reticulate, margin not reflexed; nerve reddish; caps. ovate-oblong or shortly pyriform on a thick succulent reddish seta, sharply curved at summit; lid convex, shortly pointed; annulus none; perist. large, dark-coloured when dry.
Moist clay banks. IV.
Sect. II.
299. (8) B. Wahlenbergii. Schw. St. ½–1in. reddish cæspitose; l. lower ovate-acuminate, upper lanceolate, all serrate at apex, margins scarcely reflexed, areolæ loose; caps. broadly pyriform, with a short neck, and wide-mouthed when dry, sub-pendulous; annulus none or imperfect; per. teeth large, inner with cilia; lid small conical.
Wet banks and rocks. V.
300. (9) B. Ludwigii. Spreng. St. about 1in. decumbent and blackish below; l. lower ovate, passing upwards into ovate-lanceolate and lanceolate, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed below; caps. obovate pyriform, sub-pendulous on a reddish slender seta 1in. long; lid conical, somewhat obtuse; inner perist. with cilia.
Scotch and Welsh mountains. IX.
var. β. gracilis. Goat Fell; Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond; Snowdon.
301. (10) B. Marrattii. St. about ¼in. gregarious; l. broadly elliptical, blunt-pointed entire; per. l. narrower and longer; caps. small turbinate almost globose, tapering at neck into the slender seta, from which it is pendulous; lid bluntly beaked; perist. outer red, inner imperfect, adhering to outer.
Southport, 1854. IX.
302. (11) E. calophyllum. R. Br. St. about ¼in. reddish gregarious; l. broadly elliptical or ovate, sharply pointed, concave, entire, almost nerved to apex; caps. oval-oblong, neck not tapering, pendulous; lid small conical, slightly pointed; per. teeth outer brownish, inner free, mostly without cilia.
Southport, with the last. IX.
Sect. III.
303. (12) B. lacustre. Brid. St. ¼in. cæspitose; l. lower ovate-apiculate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire, very concave, margins recurved; per. l. narrower; caps. roundish pyriform, with a tapering neck, slightly pendulous; lid small pointed; annulus present; inner perist. partially adherent, sometimes with cilia; synoicous.
Moist sandy places. Yarmouth; Suffolk. V. VI.
304. (13) B. Warneum. Bland. St. about ¼in. tufted; branched; l. ovate-acuminate, scarcely concave, serrate at apex, margins recurved; caps. obovate pyriform pendulous, bordered at mouth when dry; lid small convex pointed; inner perist. with cilia: monoicous or synoicous.
Muddy places. Scotland, Southport. VIII. IX.
305. (14) B. pseudotriquetrum. Schw. St. 1–3in, branched, erect; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower and longer concave, all bordered, margins recurved, occasionally serrulate at apex, and slightly decurrent; nerve sometimes excurrent; caps. sub-cylindrical, pendulous; lid small mammillate.
Wet mountainous rocks. S. W. VII.
306. (15) B. neodamense. Itzig. Regensb. Fl. 1841, I. (p. 360.) St. slender, cæspitose and tomentose elongate, reddish and almost naked below, leafy above; l. lower roundish oblong obtuse, apex and margins involute; upper crowded, shortly oblong, inflated at base, margins revolute below, all cucullate; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, on a long seta.
Southport Sands, where liable to inundation.
307. (16) B. alpinum. L. St. ½–2in. cæspitose simple; l. imbricate lanceolate, margins recurved, serrulate at apex; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, deep red, on a bent and arcuate seta, lid mammillate; whole plant reddish and shining.
Sub-alpine moist rocks, fr. rare. VI.
308. (17) B. Muhlenbeckii. B. & S. St. ½in. or more; tufted, branched, radiculose; l. almost elliptical, blunt-pointed, conical, almost cucullate at apex, margin reflexed; nerved almost to apex; caps. oblong tapering, pendulous, reddish brown; lid convex pointed.
Scotch mountains (Dr. C. Smith and Dr. Stirton).
309. (18) B. turbinatum. Hedw. St. ½–3in. sometimes branched; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, upper longer and narrower, concave, margins not recurved; nerve not always reaching apex; caps. globoso-pyriform pendulous, when dry contracted at mouth, reddish brown; lid convex pointed.
Manchester; Fakenham; Norfolk. VI. VII.
var. β. prælongum. st. elongate, l. pale green, caps. ventricose larger.
310. (19) B. latifolium. Schl. (B. turbinatum, var. γ, Bry. Brit.) St. elongate, decumbent at base; l. imbricate, broadly oblong acuminate, very concave, shining, serrulate at apex, margined, nerve excurrent; caps. longer than the last, on a long seta, geniculate at base. [Schp. Syn., 380. Bry. Eur., IV., t. 372.]
Boggy places. VI.—VIII.
Ben More; Shetland (McKinlay).
311. (20) B. Duvalii. Voigt. St. tufted, decumbent when old, elongate, branched; l. patulous, remote, broadly ovate-lanceolate, decurrent, cirrhate when dry, scarcely nerved to apex; per. l. inner lanceolate erect; caps. obovate-oblong regular pendulous from a long slender seta, contracted at mouth when dry; lid mammillate. [Bry. Eur., IV., t. 371.]
Boggy places. VIII. IX.
Glen Lyon, Ben Lawers, Hartfell, Helvellyn.
312. (21) B. pallens. Swartz. St. ¼–1in. branched; l. reddish, remote patulous ovate-lanceolate, slightly decurrent, keeled, serrulate at apex, margins thickened and recurved, nerve almost excurrent; caps. oblong pyriform, with a long tapering neck, pendulous, mouth small, but not contracted; lid small convex, pointed.
Near springs and ditches. VI.
var. β. microstomum. “caps, regular, sub-clavate, mouth smaller.”
313. (22) B. barbatum. Wils. MS. St. about 1in. branched, slender, red, and copiously beset with reddish brown radicles from base to summit; l. sub-erect, ovate, rather suddenly tapering into a longish sparsely toothed subula, uppermost broader, more shortly pointed, spreading, all concave, strongly nerved, margins plane, not recurved; areolæ very lax and transparent. The only specimen I have bears no fruit.
Ben Ledi (Dr. Stirton).
Sect. IV.
314. (23) B. uliginosum. B. & S., St. ½–1in. cæspitose, branched; l. green oval-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, margin reflexed below, excurrent nerve toothed; caps. clavate unequal pendulous, tapering into the long curved seta; mouth oblique; lid convex pointed.
Wet places near streams. VIII.
315. (24) B. pallescens. Schw. St. 1–2in. branched, cæspitose, with purplish radicles below; l. ovate-lanceolate, margin reflexed, generally serrate at apex; upper with nerve scarcely excurrent, lower reddish; caps. pyriform, pendulous, tapering, contracted at mouth when dry; lid conical pointed; inner perist. with cilia.
Rocks and walls. VII. VIII.
var. β. boreale. caps. smaller, sub-erect. γ. contextum. st. long, much branched; caps. ventricose, shorter, sub-pendulous. δ. subrotundum. stem and l. smaller; caps. almost globose; seta curved.
316. (25) B. Sauteri. B. & S. St. cæspitose, much branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, elongated, very concave, margins plane, nerve thick excurrent into a mucro; wings at base with hyaline cells; per. l. narrower; caps. slightly incurved, pendulous solid sanguineous; lid shortly conical. [Müller, Syn. I., 280.]
Teesdale (Spruce); Scotland (Mitten).
317. (26) B. cernuum. Hedw. St. ½–1½in; tufted, branched, very radiculose; l. ovate-acuminate concave, nerve much excurrent, sometimes serrulate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-oval or pyriform, mouth small, neck not tapering, pendulous; lid small conical; inner perist. adherent to outer; annulus large.
Walls and rocks. V.
318. (27) B. inclinatum. B. & S. St. short, tufted branched; l. ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate; caps. almost elliptical or pyriform, with a small mouth; lid conical, sharply pointed; perist. inner generally without cilia, and free.
Walls, banks, and decayed trees. V.
319. (28) B. intermedium. Brid. St. about ½in. tufted, branched; l. imbricate, somewhat spreading ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, point sometimes toothed, margins recurved; caps. pyriform narrow sub-pendulous, tapering into a longish neck; lid conical pointed; inner perist. with cilia.
Walls and rocks, frequent. VI.—XII.
320. (29) B. bimum. Schreb. St. ½–1in. tufted, sometimes branched, with purplish radicles; l. ovate-lanceolate, shortly apiculate, occasionally serrate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-pyriform, tapering at neck, pendulous, constricted at mouth when dry; lid large convex apiculate.
Wet and boggy places. VI. VII.
var. β. cuspidatum. l. with long bushy points, margined. Walls, &c.
321. (30) B. torquescens. B. & S. St. ¼–1in. tufted, radiculose; l. lower ovate-lanceolate, upper ovate, all shortly pointed, entire, margin recurved, slightly twisted when dry; caps. large obconical or clavate, sub-pendulous, neck tapering; lid pointed.
Rocks and walls; rare. VI. VII.
322. (31) B. obconicum. Hornsch. St. short tufted, branched; l. oblong-ovate pointed, concave, entire, margin recurved, not twisted when dry; caps. obconical, pendulous; neck long tapering; lid convex apiculate.
Walls. Barnard Castle, 1843 (Spruce). VI. VII.
323. (32) B. capillare. Hed. St. ¼–1in. tufted; l. lower ovate-oblong, upper obovate-oblong, all with longish slender points, concave, much contorted when dry, margin bordered with smaller cellules, reflexed, sometimes serrulate at apex; caps. sub-clavate or obovate, tapering, pendulous, only slightly constricted at mouth when dry; lid pointed.
Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. VI.
var. β. majus. st. longer, l. broader, and with a wider margin, caps. larger and thicker. (Wilson says this is the most frequent English form.) On walls. γ. minus. l. concave imbricate; caps. smaller. δ. flaccidum. l. lower, purplish, flaccid, not contorted when dry, distinctly serrate at apex.
324. (33) B. Donianum. Grev. St. shorter than last, branched; l. ovate-oblong, slightly pointed, not contorted, but slightly twisted when dry, margin thickened, serrulate at apex; caps. long clavate, constricted at mouth when dry, sub-pendulous, lid pointed.
Sandy banks and rocks, rare. Warrington (Wilson); Hurst-pier-point (Mitten); Winchelsea (Jenner).
325. (34) B. Billarderii. Schw. St. ½–1in. branched, radiculose; l. crowded in tufts at top of branches and stems, ovate-oblong, serrate and recurved at apex, apiculate, margins recurved below; caps. pyriform, broadest below the middle, tapering at neck, pendulous; lid conical pointed.
Hurst-pier-point, on old ant-hills; barren. Summer.
326. (35) B. cæspiticium. L. St. ¼–1in. tufted, branched; l. ovate-lanceolate, pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margin recurved but not thickened, erect when dry, upper ones largest; caps. oblong-obovate, pendulous, slightly constricted when dry; lid large mammillate.
Walls, rocks, roofs, &c.
327. (36) B. murale. Wils. St. ¼in. tufted, branched; l. ovate-lanceolate, concave, shortly pointed, margins plane; loosely imbricate; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, deep purple or almost black when ripe; neck tapering; lid large mammillate.
Mortar of old walls. V. VI.
Marple, Killarney, N. Wales, Oxford, 1863 (H. Boswell).
328. (37) B. sanguineum. Ludwig. St. ¼in.; l. distant, ovate-lanceolate pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margins scarcely recurved; caps. oblong or pyriform pendulous, blood-red when ripe; lid pointed.
Heathy ground and walls., VI. VII.
var. β. radiculosum. caps. obconical, seta geniculate at base.
329. (38) B. erythrocarpon. Brid. non Schw. (B. atropurpureum. W. & M.) St. ¼–½in. branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate concave, pointed, margin reflexed, entire, lower often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical pointed.
Banks and walls. V.
330. (39) B. apiculatum (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson’s description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) “L. erecto-patent when dry, elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex.”
Sect. V.
331. (40) B. julaceum. Sm. St. 1–3in. tufted, with long filiform branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire, margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.
Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks. VIII. IX.
var. β. concinnatum. st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a recurved point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor); Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills (Lyle).
332. (41) B. argenteum. L. St. ¼–½in. tufted; in silvery white patches; l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve not reaching pointed tapering apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very lax; caps. oval-oblong, reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering; lid faintly pointed.
Roofs, walls, ground, &c. X. VI.
var. β. majus. st. longer, l. greenish, without points. γ. lanatum. smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll, silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).
333. (42) B. Funkii. Schw. Gregarious; st. branched, branches julaceous; l. crowded at summit of branches; st. and br. leaves ovate, cochleariform, nerve excurrent into a short point; comal leaves ovate-oblong acuminate, shortly cuspidate: areolæ lax; caps. obovate or globoso-pyriform, inclined on a flexuous seta.
Walls, &c. Sandy shore, Southport (Wilson). V. VI.
334. (43) B. Zierii. Dicks. Silvery reddish tufts, st. ½–1in., branches julaceous; l. roundish ovate-acuminate, entire, margins not recurved, not nerved to apex; areolæ lax; caps. large clavate-pyriform, gibbous, with a long slender tapering neck, incurved cernuous; lid small, conical, acute; inner perist. longest, with imperfect cilia.
Crevices of mountainous rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.
335. (44) B. demissum. Hook. St. ¼in. tufted; l. ovate-acuminate, erect when dry, margin recurved, nerve generally excurrent; per. l. lanceolate, with longer points; areolæ lax; caps. clavate-pyriform, much incurved, cernuous; seta “curved above like a swan’s neck”; inner perist. longest.
Rocks. Breadalbane Mts.; rare. VIII. IX.
Sect. VI.
336. (45) B. Tozeri. Grev. St. ¼–½in. gregarious; l. lower obovate narrow, upper crowded wider apiculate, all bordered, entire; nerved (reddish) half way; caps. obovate or pyriform pendulous; lid conical.
Shady banks, rare in fr. III. IV.
Sect. VII.
337. (46) B. roseum. Schreb. St. 1–3in., l. lower, small, scattered lanceolate; upper in a large rosaceous tuft, spathulate, apiculate, serrate above, margin recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps. clavate-oblong or obovate pendulous; lid mammillate.
Sandy shady banks. XI. XII.
51. MNIUM. B. & S.
A. L. sharply serrated.
a. Margin cartilaginous.
338. M. affine. Bland. St. 1–3in. simple, erect, radiculose; barren shoots procumbent; l. lower oval-lanceolate, decurrent, scattered, upper much larger, crowded, oblong-elliptic pointed, border narrow, simply spinuloso-serrate, nerved nearly or quite to apex; those of barren stems roundish two-ranked; caps. ovate-oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed: dioicous.
Shady woods, banks, walls. IV. V.
var. β. elatum. stem and seta longer; marshy places. γ. rugicum. sterile shoots, erect, shorter; l. shorter, concave, obtusely serrate.
339. M. cuspidatum. Hedw. St. ½–1in. tufted, erect, radiculose, barren shoots procumbent; l. lower ovate or obovate, scattered, upper ovate-lanceolate longer and narrower; all acuminate, with simply serrate margins; nerved nearly or quite to apex; caps. ovate, inclined or pendulous; lid convex obtuse: synoicous.
Shady rocks and walls. III. IV.
340. M. rostratum. Schr. St. ½–1in. decumbent at base (barren long erect or creeping); l. lower ovate, upper oval-oblong, obtuse, in a terminal spreading tuft, all simply and bluntly serrate, undulate, nerve slightly excurrent into a mucro; caps. oval, inclined or pendulous; lid with a long curved beak: synoicous.
Moist shady rocks, &c., common. IV.
341. M. riparium. Mitt. M.S. St. ½–1in., reddish below; l. orbiculate or broadly elliptical, much decurrent, apex rounded and tipped with a mucro; lower obscurely bordered, upper strongly so and simply spinuloso-dentate, nerve thin but distinct, reddish, reaching apex; areolæ large hexagonal chlorophyllose. (I have no fruited specimen.)
Watery places. Sussex (Mitten).
342. M. spinosum. Voigt. St. robust, sub-ligneous; branches flagelliform sub-arcuate; l. lower small squamiform, obtuse, margins plane; upper obovate or oblong, acuminato-spathulate, larger, crisped when dry; serration bi-geminate, spinulose, nerve excurrent; caps. oval-oblong, reddish brown, slightly inclined or horizontal; lid conical, with an obtuse beak: dioicous.
Roots of trees, and shady sub-alpine rocks. Summer.
Ben Lawers (McKinlay).
343. M. orthorhynchum. Brid. St. ¼–1in. simple; l. lower scattered ovate-acuminate, decurrent, upper ovate-lanceolate, doubly spinuloso-serrate; all undulate and crisped when dry; caps. oval or sub-pyriform horizontal; lid conical, with a blunt beak: dioicous.
Woods, shady banks, &c. Yorkshire, Sussex. Spring.
344. M. serratum. Brid. St. ½–1in. purplish, erect; l. lower reddish on nerve and border, all varying from lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, doubly spinuloso-serrate; per. l. lanceolate; caps. ovate or oval, cernuous; lid large conical, with a short beak: synoicous.
Moist shady rocks and banks. V. VI.
345. M. hornum. L. St. 1–3in. simple; l. linear-lanceolate, acuminate, rigid, slightly decurrent, doubly spinuloso-serrate, nerve also spinulose, not reaching apex; caps. large oblong-ovate, cernuous; lid convex mammillate; seta curved at summit: dioicous.
Shady moist banks and woods, common. V.
346. M. undulatum. Hed. St. 1–3in. decumbent at base, sometimes branched; l. oval-oblong or ligulate, upper very long, all undulate, decurrent, and simply serrate, nerved generally to apex; caps. generally several together, oval or oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed: dioicous.
Moist shady banks and woods. IV. V.
b. L. without a cartilaginous border.
347. M. stellare. Hed. St. ½–2in. erect; l. oval-acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, simply serrate, decurrent, scarcely nerved to apex; caps. solitary, ovate, horizontal or cernuous; lid convex blunt: dioicous. (Does not fruit with us.)
Shady rocks and banks. Yorkshire, Surrey. V. VI.
B. L. nearly entire, not bordered.
348. M. cinclidioides. Hueb. St. 2–4in. sometimes with slender branches; l. lower oval obtuse, scarcely pointed, upper large oval ligulate obtuse (marginal cells narrower), almost entire, slightly undulate, nerved nearly to apex; caps. oval pendulous; lid convex pointed: dioicous.
Wet and boggy places on mountains, Clova, &c. Summer.
C. L. entire, with a cartilaginous border.
349. M. punctatum, Hed. St. ½–3in., erect, radiculose; l. obovate or roundish obtuse, obscurely pointed, upper in a somewhat rosaceous tuft; generally nerved to apex; caps. oval pendulous; lid conical, with a longish beak: dioicous.
Wet shady places. II. III.
350. M. subglobosum. B. & S. St. 1in. or more, erect; l. obovate or roundish obtuse, not nerved to apex; border narrow sub-cartilaginous; caps. roundish, contracted at mouth, sub-pendulous; lid small conical beaked: synoicous.
Marshes and bogs. III.