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LM-cct and narrow, sometimes witli the normal 

 form are others as lonc^ as tlie leaves and 

 falcate or ligulate. Female flowers terminal on 

 the stem, pistillidia ten to sixteen, bracts loosely 

 imbricate, concave, broader than lonc^, 3-4 lobed, 

 bracteoles smaller, obliquely ovate lanceolate, 

 entire or bilobate. Perianth emersed, green, pear- 

 shaped, rather compressed, obscurely trigonous, 

 mouth shortly six-lobed, the lobes dentate, teeth of 

 equal size. — {Plate j, fig. 6^.) 



Sub-Genus. ODONTOCHISMA, Spruce. 



Cephalozia sphagni, l^uks. 



Stem serpentine; leaves erect, orbiculate, 

 entire ; perichaetial leaves oblong, two-lobed, 

 stipules lanceolate, none on sterile stems, on 

 fertile or gemmae bearing stems ovate. 



Jiingcrmannia sphagni, Dicks. Crypt. I., 

 p. 6, t. I, f. 10 ; Eng. Bot. t. 2470; Hook. Br. 

 Jung. No. 33. Sphagnoccvtis cojiiuiiinis, Nees 

 Syn. Hep. p 148; Cooke Hep. f. 104, 105. 

 Odoiitochisma sp/iagni, Dumort. Rev. Jung. 

 19; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 181. Cephalozia 

 sphagni, Spruce Hep. Amaz. p. 400. 



Marshy places amongst Sphagnuin. 



Growing in loose patches, or straggling. Stems 

 2 to 4 inches, procumbent, filiform, flexuous, simple. 

 or with short innovations, radicles numerous, 

 combined with thicker and larger opaque rootlets 



