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Pl.cell.fol 14. MUSCl. 315. Phasciim. 711
Pliasciim serratum, Engl. Bot. 460 ; Dicks. Crypt. 1,1.
Phascum stoloniferum, Dicks. Crypt. 3, 7 ?
On shady sandy banks.
Engl. Bot. 2006.
Capsules large; seeds about 100 in a capsule, large.
b. Creeping shoots Q\ leaves awlshape.
2. Phascum altermfolium. Alternate-leaved squat-moss.
Leaves uncut, lanceolate, awlshape ; shoots long.
Phascum alternifolium, Dicks. Crypt. 1, 2 ;
Engl. Bot. 2107.
On moist banks.
Perichetial leaves large, long; seeds about 16 in each
capsule, very large, greenish, cornered, without any border.
3. Phascum crispU7n. Crisp squat-moss.
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape, bent, crisp when dry.
Phascum crispum, Ejigl. Bot. 1680.
Phascum multicapsulare, Engl. Bot. 618.
On banks and fie^lds.
4. Phascum subulatum. Awlshape squaimoss.
Leaver awlshape, bristlelike, straight: main rib disappearing
below^ the point.
Sphagnum acaulon trichoides, Rati Syn. 105,6.
Phascum subulatum, Lin. S. P. 1570; Engl. Bot. 2177.
On dry banks.
5. Phascum axiUare. Axillary squal-moss.
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape, straight; main rib disappearing
below the point; fruit becomes lateral.
Phascum axillare, Dicks. Crypt. 1,2.
Phascum nitidum, IJedwig St. Crypt. 1, 34.
Phascum strictum, Dicks. Crypt. 1,2; Engl. Bot. 2093.
On moist banks.
c. Creeping shoots ; leaves ovate ; pedicell immersed in
the leaves.
6. Phascum patens. Spreading squat-moss.
Leaves spread open, narrow, ovate, serrated; main rib
disappearing below the point.
Phascum patens, Hedvoig. Crypt. 1, 10; Engl. Bot. 1279.
On clay fields.
(3. recurvifolium. Leaves very narrow.
Phascum recurvifolium, Dickson Crypt.