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arising from each tooth, and thus not properly constituting 

 a double peristome. This form is also found in Orthotri- 

 chum aud Baltoma. 



From not having any character in common with Nechera 

 and HijpnHm, with which previous botanists had connected 

 it, Drs. Hooker and Taylor " thought it right to bring " 

 the two species of which it is composed "into a separate 

 genus." 



Generic Character. — Seta lateral. Peristome double, consist- 

 ing of sixteen teeth, with a ciliary process arising from each. 

 Calyptra dimidiate. 



1. Anomodon curtipendulum, Hook, et Taylor. [Pen- 

 dulous Anomodon.) Leaves ovate, acuminate, toothed, the 

 nerve disappearing below the point ; seta twice as long as 

 the perichsetium ; capsule ovate. — Eng. FL p. 72; Milll, 

 S^n. 2)t. 2. p. 115. 



On rocks and trees, chiefly in mountainous districts. Yx. 

 Spring. This is a strong-growing Moss, throwing out its L- 

 Hi/pnum-\ikQ branches far and wide. It fruits but sparingly, 

 but, in the absence of capsules, might be detected by its pe- 

 culiarly dark-green foliage, which looks as if it had been 

 subjected to a smoking process. The margin of the leaves 

 are beautifully revolute, even to the point. 



