MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 



FAMILY JO, ENCALYPTACEAE. Extinguisher Mosses. 



E have but one genus of the Extinguisher Mosses, 

 which as a whole are closely related to the Twisted 

 Mosses in habit and leaf structure. The leaves are 

 large and tongue-shaped and are crisped when dry 



as in Tortula, 

 but the costa is 

 little or not at all 

 excurrent. When 

 i n perfect fruit 

 there is no possi- 

 bility of mistaking 

 the Extinguisher 

 Mosses, as the 

 large extinguisher- 

 like calyptra ex- 

 tends well below 

 t h e capsule as 

 shown in figure 27. 



FIGURE 27. 



Dry. Bur.). I. 

 larged. 



Bncalypta streptocarpa. (From 

 Plant natural size. ib. Plant en- 



ENCALYPTA. 



E. S T R E P T 0- 



CARPA Hedw., the 

 Common Extin- 

 guisher Moss, is 

 very common on 

 limestone, but 

 rarely or never 

 fruits in this 

 country. The 

 plants are very 

 large, i to 2 l / 2 

 inches in height, 

 and many of the 

 large (about l /4 

 inch in length) 

 coarse leaves are 

 strongly incurved 

 at apex and sub- 



