132 HISTORY OF BEITISH MOSSES. 



TEICHOSTOMUM, Ilechv. (Fringe Moss.) 



This name is derived from two Greek words, signifying 

 " hairy-moutlied," and few objects can be more worthy of 

 admiration than the dehcate teeth of the peristome. The 

 species all grow on rocks and stones, and are almost entirely 

 confined to the temperate zones. 



Generic Character. — Seta terminal. Peristome single, of six- 

 teen equal teeth, divided to the base, or thirty-two placed together 

 in pairs. Calyptra mitriform. 



* Fruit-stalJcs curved. 



1. Trichostomum patens, Schwsegr. {Spreading Fringe 

 Moss.) Stems elongated, procumbent; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, carinated, their margins recurved; fruit-stalks 

 curved; capsule obh .igo-ovate, furrowed; lid rostrate. — 

 Eng. Fl. p. 33. Grimmia patens. Mull. 8yn.pt. \. p. 797. 



Moist rocks on the mountains, frequent. Pr. Summer. 



2. Trichostomum funale, SchwEegr. {Cord-like Fringe 

 Moss.) Stems elongated, ascending ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, carinated, their margins recurved, hair-pointed; 

 fruit-stalks curved ; capsule oblongo-ovate, furrowed ; lid 

 rostrate ; teeth often cleft only at the point. — Eng. Fl.p. 32. 

 Grimmia funalis, Miill. Syn.pt. \. p. 799. 



