The Extinguisher Mosses 



covered with tiny double-pointed projections. The cells toward 

 the base are thin and transparent, while those toward the apex 

 are small and opaque with leaf-green. 



The spore-cases are borne on long solid pedicels; they are 



regular, erect and ribbed or twisted 

 when dry with conic and long-beaked 

 lids. 



E. ciliata. Veil. 



E. ciliata. 

 Plant with spore-case still in the veil. 



Perigonium. 



Perigonial 



leaves. 

 E. ciliata. 



E. ciliata. Lid. 



The veils are large, cylindrical and bell-shaped, longer than 

 the spore-cases, tapering at the apex and sometimes fringed at 

 the base. This character suggested the generic name, from the 

 Greek ef/caXuTrro?, veiled. The peristome is variable, having 

 no teeth or a single or double row. The spores are large and 

 beset with small projections. 



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