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blunt, emarginate, with a small apiculus, slightly recurved; 

 tube of peristome rather short ; ring small ; leaf-cells above 

 minute, punctiform, those of the basal disk and the extreme 

 angles rectangular and hyaline, resembling those of Encalypta. 



**** Monoicous. 



6. T. lsevipila, Schweeg. ; leaves oblong or spathulate, 

 rounded and emarginate above, with a long white, nearly even 

 hair-point, arising from the excurrent nerve; sporangium 

 subcylindrical, curved ; peristome much twisted ; tube mode- 

 rately long. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xliii. 



On trees and sometimes on stones. Bearing fruit in early 

 summer. 



Forming compact green tufts. Leaves broader above, less 

 squarrose than in T. ruralis ; margin plane above, recurved 

 below, hair-point nearly even. 



7. T. subulata, Hedw. ; loosely tufted ; stem short ; leaves 

 obovato- or spathulato-oblong, mucronate, surrounded by a 

 more or less conspicuous yellowish border ; margin plane ; spo- 

 rangium elongated, subcylindrical, slightly curved ; tube of 

 the peristome very long ; ring of two rows of cells, subper- 

 sistent. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xii. ; Eng. Bot. t. 1101. ; Moug. fy 

 Nest. n. 126). 



On banks and about the roots of trees, especially in a sandy 

 soil. Bearing fruit in early summer. 



Forming bright-green patches. Leaves broader upwards ; 

 lid rather short ; leaf-cells above larger than in some species, 

 subhexangular, rectangular at the base ; border sometimes 

 toothed, consisting of from one to four rows of narrow, slightly 

 sinuous cells, without chlorophyll. There is a variety with a 

 very indistinct mucro, which has been found in Lancashire 

 and Hampshire. 



