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for some time with the beak turned downwards, tlie minute fructification bears 

 an absurd resemblance to an elephant's head. 



Fig. 7. Punaeia Hibbenica. 



Irish Gord Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Shortj tufted. 



Leaves (6) . Sharply serrated, narrower than in the nest sjDOcies ; point very 

 long. 



Flowers and Fruit. Seta twisting to the left ; capsule rather long and narrow. 

 Summer. 



Locality. First discovered in Ireland, and since found at Matlock, &c. on lime- 

 stone rocks. 



Fig. 8. Funaria Muhlenbeegii. 



Muhlenberg's Cord Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves. Ovate, wide, serratures blunt, acuminate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Seta twisting to the right ; capsule short, pyriform. Spring. 

 Locality. Common on calcareous soil. 



ENTOSTHODOlSr. 



Fig. 10. Bntosthodon Templetoni. 



Templeton's Cord Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, tufted. 

 Leaves (b) . Lower small, upper crowded in a tuft ; ovate-acuminate ; not 



toothed, but the margin uneven ; areolae large, hexagonal. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule (Fig. 9) solitary, erect, pyriform ; 



neck long ; peristome single, inserted below the wide mouth ; seta long. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Moist banks and shady places in various parts of England. 



