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green velvety substance, which is found to be a young con- 

 fervoid state of the plant. 



Division 2. BIPLOPERISTOMI. 



ENTOSTHODON, Schwagr. (Entosthodon.) 



Tliis name is derived from two Greek words signifying 



" within the tooth/^ from the manner in which the teetn of 



the peristome are inserted. 



Generic CJiaructer. — Seta terminal. Peristome double ? the 

 outer of sixteen remote teeth, arising from within the mouth of 

 the capsule, horizontal ; the inner obsolete or wanting. Capsule 

 pyriform, with an apophysis. 



1. Entosthodox Templetoni. {Templeton's Entostho- 

 don^ Leaves rosulate, spreading, obovate, acuminate, the 

 nerve disappearing before the apex, crenate at the margin ; 

 lid plano-convex ; calyptra rounded at the base. — En(j. Fl. 

 p. h\; M'dll. Syn. ])t. l.p. 124. 



Moist ground on tenacious soil; common in Ireland; 

 found also in "Wales and in the west of Scotland. Er. 

 Summer. Tins Moss has been classed with Funaria and 

 Weissia, and with the former genus it has affinity in habit. 



