72 BRITISH MOSSES. 



BLINDIA. 



SILKY TUFTED MOSS (Fig. 9). 



Generic Chabactee (a) . 

 Capsule roundish-pyriforrtij erect. Peristome single^ of sixteen teetli, lanceo- 

 late, sometimes perforated^ and sometimes cloven, red. Stems branched, tufted. 

 Leaves lanceolate-subulate. Dioicous. 



Blindia acuta. 



Silky Tufted Moss. 



Colour. Brownish green, very silky looking. 



Stems. Half-inch to two or three inches long, branched, tufted, bare of leaves 



when old. 

 Leaves. Crowded, shining, lanceolate, subulate, nerve thick. 

 Capsule. Erect, on short seta, smooth, roundish pyriform. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist rocks on mountains. 



DICRANE^. 



Fig. 10, 11. PoEK Mosses. 

 For the characteristics of the sub-order see Dicranum, (Plate IX) , 



ARCTOA. 

 BROWN FORK MOSS. 



Fig. 10. Generic Chaeactee. 



Capsule erect, or inclined, furrowed and contracted below the mouth when dry. 

 Peristome single, of sixteen lanceolate teeth, either cleft or entire, and perforated, 

 deep red and remarkably sensitive to damp Qiygroscopic) . Stems tufted, 

 branched. Leaves crowded, lanceolate, subulate, areolse oblong. Monoicous. 



