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Plate IX. 



CAMPYLOPODE^. 



Chaeacteeistics of Stib-Oedee. 



Capsule elliptic-oblong ; lid between conical and awl-shaped j seta very mucii 

 bent (arctiate) . The form and curvature of the capsule and seta are precisely 

 those of the head and neck of a swan, hence the generic name " Swan-neck 

 Moss." (See Campylostelium.) Leaf-cells (areolce) four-cornered (quadrate) . 

 (Fig. 2. c.) 



DICRANODONTIUM. 



Generic Chaeactek. 



Capsule elliptic-oblongj smooth; calyptra entu'e^ not fringed; annulus very 

 small ; teeth of peristome divided to the base, long and narrow, inserted below 

 the mouth of the capsule. 



Fig. 2. Dicbanodontium longiostee. 



Beaked 8wan-nech Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. In patches, one to three inches long, the lower part covered with red 



root-fibres. 

 Leaves (b) . Falcato-secund ; base dilated and sheathing, upper part setaceous, 



strongly serrated, often falling oflf, crowded on the stems in bunches. 

 Capsule. Elliptic- oblong, smooth ; seta arcuate. Barren in Britain. October. 

 Locality. Cromagloun, near Eillarney. Dr. Taylor in " Bryologia Britannica." 



The only species, in habit like a Dicranum. 



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