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SUB -ORDER VIIL 



TRICHOSTOMB^. 



Chaeacteeistics op Oedee. 



Stems generally forked, plants tufted, capsule oval or cylindrical, at the 

 summit of the plant (acrocarpous) . Peristome of sixteen teeth, usually barred 

 transversely, very slender, and in Tortula twisted round. 



Plate XI. 



TRICHOSTOMB^. Pakt I. 



DESMATODON. 

 Fig. 1. Geneeic Chaeactee. 



Leaves in eight rows, areolse (ft) large at the base. Caj)sule erect or droojDing, 

 teeth awl-shaped [suhulate] , united by a membrane at the base ; forked {bifid) , 

 slightly twisting. 



Pig. 2. Desmatodon neevosus. 



Rihhecl-leaf Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched, in thick tufts. 



Leaves (b) . Oblong-oval, larger and spreading into a bunch at the summit, when 



dry twisted round the stem ; their texture thick, the nerve remarkably 



strong, and thicker in the upper part. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule oval, seta rather curved. Spring. 

 Locality. Banks and walls near the sea. 



DISTICHIUM. 



(Fig. 3 a,b.) Geneeic Chaeactee. 



Teeth [Fig. 3 a, 4 a) at equal distances, inserted below the mouth of the 

 capsule ; lanceolate, much jointed (articulate) . Leaves (Fig. 3 h.) inserted on 

 opposite sides of the stem (distichous) . 



