MOSSES. 7 1 



teeth, and the central column extends beyond the mouth 

 of the urn. 



The broad-leaved species is an Alpine moss, while the 

 Thick-ribbed prefers the sea-coast. 



The Five-leaved and Oblique-fruited Two-ranked 

 mosses have their leaves distinctly in two rows : the 

 former is a delicate moss, with a reddish urn. My cousin 

 had put a specimen of it into the book for me (Distichium 

 capillaceum, Plate V.,Jig. 8). 



The Twin-toothed mosses have many of the teeth 

 divided, hence the name. Their stems grow in clusters, 

 their leaves are more or less lance-shaped, and have dots 

 on the surface. There are a reddish species, growing on 

 walls : and a dusky species, favouring limestone : and a 

 Slender fruited species, frequenting the neighbourhood of 

 waterfalls ; and a Bent-leaved species, growing on elevated 

 moors (Didyniodon, Plate V.,Jig. 10). 



The true Hair-mouthed mosses have their leaves in 

 five or eight rows and the nerve reaches to the point of 

 the leaf; the oval fruit is generally straight and dull, 

 and placed on a long fruit-stalk. 



Edward found the (Trichastomum Homomallum, Plate 

 V., Jig. 9,) Curve-leaved Hair-mouthed Moss upon a 

 sandy bank in Kent. The earth had been freshly thrown 

 up into a heap, and this Moss was the denizen of the 

 new soil. It has short clustered stems, and leaves awl- 

 shaped at the base, and dwindling to a silky point. 

 There are sixteen pairs of teeth in the fringe, and they 

 are sometimes joined together. 



On a sandy rock in the same district he found the 

 Twisting species, (T. tortile), with its half prostrate stem 



