334 FTJNARIA. 



superposed on those of the inner ; the outer teeth are red 

 and have thick transverse bars these teeth are twisted 

 spirally to the left as seen from above, and their tips are 



Fig. 78. FUNARIA. Outer Peristome, seen from above, showing the sixteen curved 

 teeth with their tips joined to a small central disc of tissue. 



joined to a small central disc of tissue ; the inner teeth, 

 are almost colourless and are shorter than the outer, but of 

 the same general shape at their bases they are directly 

 under the outer teeth, but towards the centre of the cap- 

 sule mouth they curve so that they occupy the widest 

 parts of the slits between the outer teeth. 



