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teeth sixteen, marked with a medial line, equidistant ; spores 

 much smaller than in the last species, greenish, papillose. 



37. TAYLORIA, Hook. 



Sporangium with a narrow clavate or subpyriform apophy- 

 sis ; teeth sixteen or thirty-two, inserted below the orifice, re- 

 flexed when dry and sometimes curled ; spores small. Mosses 

 growing on decayed animal or vegetable substances. 



1. Tayloria serrata, Br. fy Schimp. ; leaves oblongo-obo- 

 vate, acuminate, serrated ; nerve reaching nearly to the tip ; 

 sporangium shorter than the oblong apophysis ; lid obtuse. 



7. tennis ; leaves broader, less acuminate ; apophysis more 

 slender ; columella more exserted. Hook, fy Wils. t. ix. j Eng. 

 Bot. t. 1133. ; (Plate 14, fig. 7) ; Moug. % Nest. n. 1104. 



On Scotch mountains, the variety 7 only. Bearing fruit in 

 summer. 



Monoicous; forming irregular, bright-green tufts. Stem 

 radiculose ; innovations about an inch long, erect ; teeth 

 linear-lanceolate, when moist incurved, when dry reflexed, red 

 tinged with yellow. 



38. TETRAPLODON, Br. fy Schimp. 



Sporangium subcylindrical with a clavate or oval apophysis ; 

 fruitstalk solid ; peristome single, of sixteen double teeth, at 

 first approximated in fours, and at length in pairs, reflexed 

 when dry ; veil hood-shaped. Mosses growing on animal sub- 

 stances or the dung of carnivorous animals. 



1. T. angustatus, Br. fy Schimp.; stems slender, tufted, 

 subdivided ; leaves elongate-lanceolate, hair-pointed, serrated ; 

 nerve reaching to the tip ; apophysis obconical ; fruitstalk 

 short. Hook, ty Wils. t. ix. ; Eng. Bot. t. 1132.; (Plate 15, 

 fig. 1) ; Sommerf. n. 8. 



