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.]