GRIMMIACE^E.] 50 SYN.—Bryum liypnoidcs, 3 ed. 478. capitulis plurimis [Coscinodon. erectis, nun lanuginosum DILL, in RAY Synops. Bryum liypnoidcs, hirsutie cancsccns vulgare p.p. DILL. Hist. muse. 36g, t. 47, f. 27 D — E , et Herb. Bryum liypnoidcs, et Herb. Bryum liypnoides Erica facie, capsulis barbatis, alpinum DILL. op. c. 371, t. 47, f. 31, V a r . y . L . Sp. pi. ii, 1120. Var. L . Fl. suec. 2 ed. 392. Var. barbatum RETZ. Fl. scand. prod. 2 ed. ii, 214. Bryum liypnoidcs POLLICH PI. palat. iii, 106. Hypmim canescens V a r . y. cricoidcs WEB. Spic. fl. goett. 82. Bryum cricoidcs SCHRAD. in GMEL. Syst. nat. 13 ed. ii, P. 2, 1332 (1791). crypt. F a s e . I V , 14. Trichostomum elongatum Trichostomum cancsccns Var. ericoides HEDW. Stirp. iii, 7, in nota. DICKS. PI. EHRH. PI. exsic. n. 233. Trichostomum cricoidcs SCHRAD. Spic. fl. germ. 62. ROTH Tent. fl. germ, iii, P. I, i g t . SM. FI. brit. 1 2 4 1 ; E n g . Bot. t. 1991. TURN. Muse. hib. 38. P. BEAUV. Prodr. go. W E B . MOHR Bot. T a s c h . 117. I, P. I, 147, t. 38. fl. i i i , 3 6 3 . SCHKUHR F U N C K M o o s t . 26, t. Bryum elongatum D e u t s c h , kr. g e w . P . I I , 7 3 , t. 32. VOIT Muse. herb. 22. WAHLENB. FL. lapp. 32g. SCHWAEG. ROEHL. Deutsch, 17. HOFFM. Deutsch, fl. ii, 41. Rhacomitrium cricoidcs BRID. Mant. 78 ; B r y . univ. i, 210. DE NOT. Syllab. 255. LINDB. in Oefv. V . ak. foerh. xxiii, 553, et A c t . soc. sc. fenn. X, 546. Rhacomitrium canescens forma localis, HUEB. Muse. germ. 206. Rhacomitrium canescens Var. y . ericoides B r y . br. 1 7 0 , t. i g . JURATZKA, &C. SCHIMP. S y n o p s . BR. SCH. B r y . eur. fasc. 25—28, p. 12. M I L D E B r y . siles. 160. HUSNOT. WILS. CHALUBINSKI. Grimmia canescens V a r . ß. cricoidcs C . MUELL. Synops. i, 807. Grimmia cricoidcs LINDB. Muse, scand. H A B . — D r y sandy places. B o t h f o r m s a r e e q u a l l y f r e q u e n t in s u b a l p i n e d i s t r i c t s a n d d e l i g h t in t h e gravelly detritus about the margins of moorland streams. Schimper's Var. prolixa is a n i n t e r m e d i a t e f o r m , w h i c h w i t h s e v e r a l o t h e r s o f t e n h a v e t h e hairp o i n t a l m o s t o b s o l e t e , b u t t h e p a p i l l o s e l e a v e s a r e sufficient t o i n d i c a t e t h e s p e c i e s . L i n d b e r g r e g a r d s ericoides a s t h e t y p e of t h e s p e c i e s , a n d canescens as a variety. C O S C I N O D O N SPRENG. Einleit. in das Stud. kr. gew. 281 (1804). Small mosses, growing pointed, resembling those in mitrseform, multifid at base, indistinctly cushioned tufts. Leaves Calyptra large, campanulate- plicate, covering greater part Caps, half immersed ; peristome orifice, dense o f Grimmia. articulate, of capsule. of 16 lanceolate teeth, arising minutely granulöse, hair- below perforated like a