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F. ericetorum presents considerable variation in the width of the leaves, and in 

 the form of the ripe capsule, which is sometimes markedly urceolate from constriction 

 below the wider orifice, but sometimes shows no trace of this. 



3. Funaria Templetoni Sm. (Entosthodon Templetoni Schwgr., 



Schp. Syn., et plur. auct. ; Funaria attenuata Lindb., Braithw. 



Br. M. Fl.) (Tab. XXXVIII. E.). 



Stems laxly gregarious or tufted, f-inch in height or less. 

 Upper leaves forming a rosette, spreading, when dry erect and 

 slightly twisted, and glossy ; obovate-oblong, shortly, sometimes 

 very abruptly acuminate, rather concave, nerve ceasing below 

 the apex ; cells rather wider than in the last, the marginal 

 narrower, forming a distinct but less pronounced border ; cells 

 at margin obtusely protruding above, but not forming acute 

 serratures. Seta 3-5 lines long, pale red, slender, flexuose ; 

 capsule yellowish green with a red mouth, finally reddish brown, 

 narrow, oval-oblong, with a long tapering neck, erect or slightly 

 curved, contracted below the mouth when dry ; lid plano-convex, 

 or very slightly mamillate ; annulus none ; peristome simple, of 

 16 short, lanceolate-subulate, reddish brown, distant teeth, 

 articulate, inserted below the orifice, incurved and flattened over 

 the mouth of the capsule when dry, rather fugacious. 



Hab. Shady banks and clefts of rocks near water ; not uncommon in 

 mountainous districts. Fr. summer. 



A pretty species, conspicuous by its capsules of a reddish tinge, especially in the 

 upper part, which are also much narrower in outline, and, including the neck, much 

 longer and more gradually tapering below than in the last two species ; it also ripens 

 its fruit later in the year. The fruit is often somewhat curved and asymmetrical ; 

 almost always a little contracted below the mouth, thence equal for some distance or 

 widening again, or gradually tapering to the neck. The border of the leaves is 

 distinct, but not so strongly marked as in the last. The peristome is often very 

 fugacious. 



B. EU-FUNARIA. 

 Capsule oblique, curved, asymmetrical ; peristome present. 



4. Funaria calcarea Wahl. (F. Muhlenbergii Turn, and 

 F. hibernica Hook., Wils. Bry. Brit.) (Tab. XXXVIII. G.). 



Loosely tufted, stems not half-an-inch in height. Upper 

 leaves crowded, oval or obovate, rather suddenly acuminate in a 

 long pili form point, entire or denticulate above ; nerve vanishing 

 below apex ; cells hexagonal-rhomboid, narrower at margin. 



