110 BRITISH MOSSES. 



(h) . Peristome single. 

 1. Peristome very fugacious. 



Fig. 6. Encalypta vulgaeis. 



Common Extinguisher Moss [a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Shortj radiculose. 

 Leaves (h) . Spreading^ oblong-lanceolate; nerve excurrent, or sometimes ceasing 



below the apex. 

 Mowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Seta shorty twisted ; capsule thin^ rather conical ; 



teeth of peristome very irregular. Spring. 

 Locality. Walls and rocks. 



, 2. Peristome persistent. 



Fig. 7. Encalypta ciliata. 



Fringed Extinguisher Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Branched^ radiculose. 

 Leaves (b) . Ligulate or oblong-ovate^ crisped when dry; margin recurved below; 



nerve excurrent. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule cylindrical^ calyptra fringed at the base. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Mountainous rocks. 



Fig. 8. Encalypta ehabdocarpa. 



Rib-fruited Extinguisher Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Branched, radiculose, short. 



Leaves {h) . Spreading, lanceolate or ovate-oblong ; nerve excurrent, hair-pointed. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule oblong, furrowed and ribbed when dry. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Irish and Scottish mountains. 



