EXPLANATION OF TEE PLATES. 177 



Fig. 9. Teteaplodon anqustatus. 



Narrow-leaved Collar Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Much branched, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate ; much acuminate, obscurely serrated, erecto-patent ; crowded. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta short ; aphophysis narrow ; twice as long 



as the capsule. 

 Locality. Animal refose, among mountains. Rare. 



TAYLORIA. 



Fig. 10. Tatloeia seeeata. 



Serrated Colla/r Moss (6) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. "Very short, radiculose. ^ 



Leaves (c) . Eight-rowed ; apex recurved, ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; areolse 



large ; nerve ceasing immediatelj^ below the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta long ; capsule (a) oval, with a very long 



furrowed neck; peristome of sixteen or thirty-two teeth, in four sets, 



inserted below the mouth. Summer. 

 Locality. Animal refuse, in mountainous places. 



DISSODON. 



Pig. 11. DissoDON splachnoides. 



Ma/rsh Collar Moss {c) . 

 Colour. Blackish green. 

 Stems. Dichotomous, radiculose, in patches. 



Leaves (d) . Ligulate ; areolse large ; nerve waved and ceasing below the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Seta long ; capsule (a) ovate ; neck short, peristome of six- 

 teen equi-distant barred teeth ; erect when dry. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet bogs on the Scottish mountains. 



