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sporangium subpyriform ; lid conical. Hook, fy Wils. t. vii. ; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 413. ; (Moug. < Nest, n. 13.) 



On moist banks, etc. Common. Bearing fruit in spring. 



Forming large patches or tufts. Stems J inch high ; 

 leaves acuminate, rather thin and flaccid ; leaf-cells large ; 

 fruitstalk about J an inch high ; sporangium erect, subglobose, 

 somewhat contracted towards the base ; mouth of sporangium 

 narrower than in the last ; spores granulated ; ring, according 

 to Schimper, rather wide, composed of two rows of cells. 



The leaf-cells resemble those of Splachnum. 



46. ENTOSTHODON, Schwag. 



Sporangium symmetrical, erect or subcernuous, more or 

 less pyriform, mostly solid ; peristome rudimentary or single, 

 of sixteen remotely articulated narrow teeth, confluent at the 

 base ; veil swollen below, hood-shaped. Terrestrial subbiennial 

 Mosses. 



1. E. ericetorum, S chimp. ; stem short; lower leaves re- 

 mote, lanceolate ; upper subrosulate, obovato- or spathulato- 

 lanceolate, margined, toothed above, or nearly entire; spo- 

 rangium erect, small, pyriform; lid convex. Hook, fy Wils. 

 t. vii.; Eng. Bot. t. 1245.; (Moug. ty Nest, n. 1004.) 



On moist shady banks, heaths, etc., especially in moun- 

 tainous districts. Bearing fruit in spring. 



Monoicous, gregarious; leaves with a thickened toothed 

 margin ; leaf-cells rather large ; nerve reaching nearly to the 

 tip ; sporangium smaller than in the next, pyriform, constricted 

 below the mouth when dry ; veil cloven on one side only. 



2. E. fasciculare, Mull. ; leaves rosulate above, ovato-ob- 

 long, acuminate, sharply toothed ; nerve ceasing below the tip ; 

 sporangium pyriform; lid convex. -Hook. $ Wils. t. lii. ; 

 (Moug. Nest. n. 607.) 



