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. Plate XII. 



TRICHOSTOMB^. Pakt II. 



TRICPIOSTOMUM. 



Fig. 1. Generic Chaeactee. 



Capsule oval or cylindrical ; seta long and often slightly curved ; lid beaked 

 [rostrate] oblique ; calyptra cradle-like [cucullate) . Peristome (a) single, of thirty- 

 two teeth in pairs, very slender, much articulated ; connected by a membrane at 

 the base, and much articulated ; slightly turning to the left. Leaves lanceolate, or 

 subulate, areolas [h] larger at the base, and remarkably regular. Never on trees, 

 but on the ground and rocks. 



I. Leaves lanceolate. 

 Fig. 2. Teichostomum ceispulum. 



Ciwly-leaved Hair Moss («) . 



Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Branched, iu thick patches. 



Leaves (6) . Smaller below, upper crowded, liaear-lanceolate ; nerve rather 



projectiag. 

 Mowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta ciu'ved, capsule cybndrical. Summer. 

 Locality. Limestone rocks near the sea. 



Fig. 3. Teichostomum mutabile. 



Variable Sair Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Bright green. 

 Stems. Branched, in jJatches. 

 Leaves (6) . Larger and broader, lanceolate ; nerve running to a point ; margin 



not recurved (plane) , 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long, straight ; capsule ovate. 

 Locality. Moist banks, generally near the sea. 



