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Dioicous; forming dark tufts. Stems varying much in 

 length ; leaves subsecund, glossy, lanceolato-subulate ; nerve 

 reaching to the tip, which is minutely toothed or excurrent ; 

 teeth red, not striate as in Dicranum ; lid obliquely rostrate. 



100. STYLOSTEGIUM, Br. Sf Schimp. 



Sporangium roundish, immersed; veil short, cucullate, 

 scarcely covering the lid ; coluinella thick, falling away with 

 the lid; peristome none; leaf-cells oblong, enlarged down- 

 wards. 



1. S. caespiticium, Br. fy Schimp. Hook. Wils. t. xxxviii.; 

 Eng. Bot. t. 2778. 



In the crevices of alpine rocks. Ben Lawers. Rare. Bear- 

 ing fruit in autumn. 



Monoicous ; forming dense tufts. Leaves somewhat falcate 

 and secund, subulate or acuminate from an ovato- lanceolate 

 base ; nerve thick, excurrent ; fruitstalk very short ; lid ros- 

 trate ; sporangium not striate. 



OBDER XXX. WEISSIEI, Mont. 



Sporangium erect, equal ; veil cucullate ; neristome want- 

 ing or consisting of sixteen teeth, often united at the base ; 

 leaf-cells in general minute above and quadrate, elongated and 

 rectangular below. 



101. ANODUS, Br. fy Schimp. 



Sporangium symmetrical, straight, truncato-ovate, colu- 

 mella inserted after the fall of the lid ; peristome none ; veil 

 cucullate. 



1. A. Doniamis, Br. fy Schimp. Hook, fy Wils. t. vii. ; Eng. 

 Bot. t. 1582. 



