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Part II. 



CYLINDROTHBCIUM, ETC. 



CYLINDROTHE CIUM . 



Stem decumbent^ pinnate. Peristome double ; outer of sixteen lanceolate^ not 

 hygroscopic teeth, inserted below the mouth of the capsule ; inner of sixteen cilia, 

 marked with a line. Capsule erect, cylindrical. 



Pig. 8. Ctlindeothecidm Montagnei. 



Montague's Cylinder Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green, very shining. 



Stems. Pinnate. 



Leaves. Imbricated, elliptical, not serrated, obtuse ; margin recurved at the base ; 



nerveless, or two-nerved at the base. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Fruit unknown in Britain, and hitherto only found 



near Paris and in Switzerland. 

 Locality. Hilly districts, chiefly ia limestone. 



c c 



