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blunt, emarginate, with a small apiculus, slightly recurved; 

 tube of peristome rather short; ring small; leaf-cells above 

 minute, punctiform, those of the basal disk and the extreme 

 angles rectangular and hyaline, resembling those of Encalypta. 



**** Monoicous. 



6. T. Isevipila, Schwaeg. ; leaves oblong or spathulate, 

 rounded and emarginate above, with a long white, nearly even 

 hair-point, arising from the excurrent nerve; sporangium 

 subcylindrical,, curved ; peristome much twisted ; tube mode- 

 rately long. Hook, fy Wils. t. xliii. 



On trees and sometimes on stones. Bearing fruit in early 

 summer. 



Forming compact green tufts. Leaves broader above, less 

 squarrose than in T. ruralis ; margin plane above, recurved 

 below, hair-point nearly even. 



7. T. subulata, Hedw. ; loosely tufted ; stem short ; leaves 

 obovato- or spathulato-oblong, mucronate, surrounded by a 

 more or less conspicuous yellowish border ; margin plane ; spo- 

 rangium elongated, subcylindrical, slightly curved ; tube of 

 the peristome very long; ring of two rows of cells, subper- 

 sistent. Hook. Wils. t. xii. ; Eng. Bot. t, 1101. ; Moug. 

 Nest. n. 126). 



On banks and about the roots of trees, especially in a sandy 

 soil. Bearing fruit in early summer. 



Forming bright-green patches. Leaves broader upwards; 

 lid rather short; leaf- cells above larger than in some species, 

 subhexangular, rectangular at the base ; border sometimes 

 toothed, consisting of from one to four rows of narrow, slightly 

 sinuous cells, without chlorophyll. There is a variety with a 

 very indistinct mucro, which has been found in Lancashire 

 and Hampshire. 



