SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES. 17 



Tribe xiv. Splachnacej!. 

 Annual or perennial. L. broadish, soft, with large 

 cells, hexagono-rhomboid, only slightly chlorophyllose, 

 nerved. Caps, on a long seta, erect, regular, seated 

 on an obconical or pyriform apophysis, lid convexo- 

 conical. Calyptra cucuUate, mitrate^ or dimidiate. 

 Perist. ] 6 geminate or 8 bigeminate teeth, rarely absent. 



Fam. 1. Tayloriae. 

 L. broad, succulent. Calyptra conico-cylindric or 

 mitriform, and cleft on one side. Gaps, subspherical, 

 with a long neck, erect or slightly incurved, with or 

 without peristome. 



a. Perist. absent. 



48. (Edipodium, 8chw. PI. soft, succulent. L. 

 broadly obtuse, nerve thick, vanishing at apex. Caps, 

 erect, tapering below by a long neck into the thick 

 seta. Calyptra long, narrow, cucullate. 



b. Perist. present. 



49. Dissodon, Qrev. PI. less succulent. L. obtuse, 

 obovate, spathulate. Caps, erect or cernuous, with a 

 shorter obconical neck. Perist. of 16 geminate, linear- 

 lanceolate, or truncate teeth. Calyptra mitriform, 

 cleft up one side. 



60. Tayloria, Hooker. Laxly ceespitose, dichotomous, 

 radiculose. L. erecto-patent, spathulate, acute, ob- 

 tusely serrate at apex. Caps, with a long tapering 

 pyi'iform neck. Perist. t. 16, entire or bifid, linear- 

 lanceolate, connivent incurved, reflexed when dry. 

 Calyptra as in last. 



Fam. 2. Splachnese. 

 Calyptra minute, conico-cncuUate, suberect or conical 



