SYNOPSIS OF BEITISH MOSSES. 35 



Tribe xxix. Leskeacej!. 



PI. low, creeping, rarely erect, irregularly or pinnately 

 branched. L. patent or secund, papillose, nerved, 

 opaque, upper cells minute, hexagonal or dot-like, 

 lower generally lax and hyaline; paraphy Ilia numerous. 

 CaJyptra cucullate, naked. Caps, erect, regular, or 

 cernuous, incurved. Perist. double. 



Fam. 1. Leskese. 



St. prostrate, creeping. Br. more or less erect. 

 Caps, erect and subcernuous. Int. perist. more or less 

 perfect, cilia absent, or present. 



104. Myurella, )S'c^2'- PL small, erect. Br.julaceous 

 with the imbricate leaves. L. ovate, very concave, 

 obsoletely two-nerved, obtuse or apiculate, finely 

 serrulate, cells rhomboid, quadrate and hexagono- 

 rectangular at base. Caps, on a smooth seta, oval- 

 oblong, lid large, convexo-conical, apiculate. Calyptra 

 small, fugaceous. Perist. large for size of caps., ext. t. 

 perfect, int. basal membrane broad, processes entire, 

 shorter than the binate cilia. Dioioous. 



105. Leskea, Hedw. St. creeping. Br. erect or 

 spreading. St. and br. 1. similar, ovate-lanceolate, 

 generally patent, rarely secund, papillose, nerved. 

 Caps, oblong and elongate-cyKndric, upright or sub- 

 arcuate. Monoicous or dioicous. 



106. Anomodon, Hook, and Tayl. Primary st. 

 creeping, with minute leaves. Br. ascending or erect, 

 irregular or fasciculate, stoloniferous. L. of secondary 

 st. and br. patent or secund, cells minute, densely 

 papillose. Caps, oblong, elongate, or cylindric, regular, 

 coriaceous, annulus narrow or absent. Perist. t. pale, 



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