EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



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ANODUS. 

 FRINGELESS BRISTLE MOSS (Fig. 7). 

 Generic Character (a) . 



Capsule wide-mouthed. Peristome none. In all other respects this genus is 

 like Seligeria. 



Anodus Donianus. 



Mr. Don's Moss. Fringeless Bristle Moss. 



Colour. Grass green. 

 Stems. Hardly any. 



Leaves. Lanceolate-subulate, scarcely more than a nerve. 

 Capsule. Minute, erect, wide-mouthed. Spring. 

 Locality. Sandstone rocks. Bare. 

 One of the smallest of mosses. 



STYLO STE GIUM . 

 TUFTED BEARDLESS MOSS (Fig. 8). 

 Generic Character (a ) . 

 Capsule roundish-pyriform, seta very short, and capsule almost immersed. 

 Peristome none. Annulus none. Lid large. Stems much branched, tufted. 

 Leaves lanceolate, areolae oblong. Monoicous. 



Stylostegium c^spiticum. 

 Tufted Beardless Moss (b) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. One inch long, much branched, tufted. 



Leaves (c) . Much crowded, lanceolate, sickle-shaped (falcate), nerve strong. 

 Capsxde. Almost immersed, ovate. July. 

 Locality. Crevices of rocks, on mountains. 

 No other species is known. 



