T1TEAPI.OD0N. 141 



Tribe xiv. Splachnaoej). 



Fam. 1. Tayloriae. 



a. Perist. absent. 



48. (EDIPODIUM, Sehw. 



286. (S. (Jriffithiannm, Dicks. St. i— i inch, tufted, 

 barren often much longer. L. obovate-spathulate, 

 obtusej fringed below, not nerved to apex. Caps, 

 obovate or pyriformj neck tapering into a thick succu- 

 lent seta, lid convex, obtuse. Calyptra membranous, 

 hyaline below, brownish above. 



Crevices of mountainous rocks. July, August. 



6. Perist. of 16 teeth. 

 49. DISSODON, Grev. 



287. D. splachnoides, Schwg. St. 1 — 4 inches, radi- 

 culose. L. erecto-patent, obovate-oblong or Ungulate 

 obtuse, margin plane, not nerved to apex. Caps, 

 obovate, with a short, tapering neck, lid conical, 

 pointed, columella exserted when dry. 



Wet mountainous bogs. Autumn. 



Scotland. 



50. TAYLORIA, Hooker. 



288. T. tenuis, Dicks. St. scarcely 1 inch. L. erecto- 

 patent, broadly spathulate, shortly acuminate, serrate 

 above, not nerved to apex, cells large, lax. Caps, oval, 

 on a slender tapering seta, much contracted and wide- 

 mouthed when dry, columella exserted. 



Turfy soil on Scotch mountains. July* August. 



Fam. 2. SplaohnesB. 

 51. TETRAPLODON, B. and S. 



289. T. angustatus, L. fil. St. k — 2 inches, tufted. 



