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SYNOPSIS OF BRITISH MOSSES, 5 



16, lanceolate, transversely trabeculate, generally oleftj 

 reddishj hygroscopic, vertically striolate at back. 



Fam. ]. Pseudo-Dlcranse. 



L. papillose and chloropliyllose above, opaque, cells 

 minutely quadrate, scarcely dilated at base. 



13. Cynodontium, B. and S. Pulvinate. L. flexuoso- 

 spreading, crisped wben dry, opaque, papillose towards 

 apex, upper cells minute, quadrate, lower bexagono- 

 rectangular. Caps, subincurved, with a tapering 

 symmetric or strumose neck, sometimes striate, and 

 when dry sulcate. Calyptra inflated cucullate, Perist. 

 t. lanceolate, unequally cleft, always vertically striolate. 



14. Diehodontinm, Schp. L. from a sbeatbing base, 

 squarrosej curved, but scarcely crisped wben dry, 

 opaque, strongly papillose, cells at middle base rect- 

 angular, quadrate towards margin, smaller quadrate 

 at apex, densely chloropbyllose. Caps, solid, generally 

 without neck. Perist. t. large, bi- or trifid to below 

 middle. Dioicous. 



Fam,. 2. Dicranae-verae. 



L. smooth, apical cells oblong, basal rectangular or 

 elongate, often quadrate at angles. 



15. Trematodon, Mich. PI. low, caespitose. L. 

 lanceolate and subulate, smooth, laxly reticulate, 

 nerved. Caps, incurved, elliptic or oblong, with a 

 long generally strumose neck, lid subulirostrate. 

 Calyptra long-beaked, cucullate, inflated. Annulus of 

 1 or 2 rows of cells. Perist. t. lanceolate, simple or 

 bifid nearly to base, striolate and papillose. Spores 

 large, rough. Monoicous. 



16. Dioranella, 8ehp. PI. generally small. L. 



