16 MUSCI PRETERITI. 
aes can be little doubt that the section (or subgenus) Scopelophila 
s here in its right place, viz., next to Hyophila, and possibly a 
eal ae of it ; “with some affinity on the other hand to Huwweisia 
and Gymnostomum. I have seen in their native habitats ies 
species of Scopelophila, and at least two of Hyophila; and I ca 
their 
testify to close resemblance. If we compare their Aa 
we shear’s no differences sufficient to keep them apart. Hyophila 
: e, leaves wit e and concolorous 
nd P. cespi 
cath i as i the bliege, although the presence of a peristome 
place it in — 8 next section, Jortularia. The calyptra 
is i tad | Im every species of une, and thus affords no 
constant epee from Scopelophil 
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different i in its Asean d nf areolate | leave es. As it diverges from the original 
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in the didymodontous —— me, and in the smaller, nearly 
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terminales, plerumque andri. Fl. 9 
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usually a ve ery marked feature. In fine, if the u en 4 
Splachnacee, it can only be as an outlying and very aberrant member thereof. 
