82. LESKEA. Hed.
A. L. not striate.
a. l. nerveless, or faintly two-nerved.
419. L. moniliformis. Wahl. St. ½in. slender tufted, branched; l. imbricate, nearly round, obtuse, very concave, nerveless, denticulate at base; per. l. ovate-lanceolate; caps. almost erect, small, oval-oblong, with a short beak.
Alpine rocks. E. S. I. Summer.
420. L. apiculata. Hueb. [Myurella.] Loosely cæspitose, soft and fragile; l. loosely imbricate or patent, ovate, very concave, often with a recurved apiculus, opaque; perist. pale, small. [Bryol. Eur., v. t. 560.]
Moist rocky ground. Ben Lawers. Summer.
421. L. micans. Wils. [Hypnum. Bry. Brit. 402.] St. prostrate, very slender, filiform, branched; l. almost orbicular, concave, apiculate, serrulate, sometimes faintly two-nerved at base; fruit not known.
Shady rocks. S. of Ireland.
422. L. polyantha. Hedw. Stem short creeping, branched; branches incurved above; l. crowded sub-secund, ovate-acuminate, suddenly apiculate, with apiculus sometimes slightly serrulate, nerveless; caps. elliptic-oblong erect, broader below, with a conical bluntish lid and long calyptra: monoicous.
Trees. E. S. W. VII. VIII.
b. l. nerved.
423. L. pulvinata. Wahl. St. ½in. procumbent, slenderly branched; l. imbricate elliptic-ovate, narrowed below, concave entire, nerved half way, or two-nerved at base; areolæ large, almost hexagonal; per. l. nerveless; caps. almost erect, oval-oblong; lid conical pointed, falling early: monoicous.
Roots of trees near rivers, &c. V. VI.
424. L. polycarpa. Ehr. St. longer, densely tufted; almost pinnately branched; l. imbricate, sub-secund, ovate, tapering, stoutly nerved nearly to apex, margin entire, reflexed below; per. l. erect, striate; caps. cylindrical, erect, lid conical acute: monoicous.
Roots of trees. V. VI.
var. β. paludosa, generally more lax; caps. longer.
B. L. striate.
425. L. sericea. Dill. St. 1in. or more, creeping, branched; branches erect, curved; l. imbricate, sub-secund, lanceolate, long tapering, scarcely nerved to apex; areolæ very narrow; caps. almost erect, cylindrical, tapering above, on a rough seta; lid conical, obliquely beaked: dioicous.
Walls, rocks, and trunks of trees. XI.–III.
426. L. rufescens. Hall. St. 1–3in. erect, branched, with reddish brown foliage; l. imbricate, almost erect, lanceolate, long tapering, often almost piliferous, nerveless, margins plane; caps. generally erect cylindrical, on a long smooth seta; lid shortly conical: dioicous.
Moist shady alpine rocks. S. X.
427. L. subrufa. Wils. St. about 1in. or less, erect, branched; foliage, young green, older brownish; l. almost erect, sub-secund, lanceolate, long tapering, nerveless, entire; caps. ovate, tapering below, almost erect; lid conical pointed; dioicous. Fruit not found in Britain.
Sub-alpine rocks. Summer.