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B, Tozeri was first described and figured by Dr. Greville, in 

 his interesting 'Scottish Cryptogamic Flora/ The only 

 other station recorded for it as yet is " sandy clay soil, near 

 St. Angelo in Sardinia." Of all tliis section it may be said, 



" Thy home is in the wild, 

 'Mong sylvan shades, near music-haunted springs." 



TIMMIA, Eedw. 



Named in honour of J. C. Timm, a German botanist. 

 This genus is intermediate between Bryum and Bolytnchum. 



Generic Character. — Seta terminal. Peristome double ; the 

 outer of sixteen teeth, the inner a plaited membrane, cut into 

 thhty-two equal ciha, variously united at the base by transverse 

 bars, and frequently cohering at the points. Calyptra dimi- 

 diate. 



1. TiMMiA Megapolitana, Hcdw. [MecHenburg Timmia.) 

 Stem one to three inches long ; cauhne leaves sheatliing at 

 the base, linear-lanceolate, pale and somewhat recurved, ser- 

 rate and slightly carinate, furnished with a strong nerve 

 reaching to the point, when dry falcate and incurved j cap- 

 sule drooping or horizontal, oblong, pale brown and reddish 

 when in an old state ; peristome and its cilia furnished with 



