72 BRITISH MOSSES. 



BLINDIA. 

 SILKY TUFTED MOSS (Fig. 9). 



Generic Character (a) . 



Capsule roundish-pyriforrn, erect. Peristome single, of sixteen teeth, lanceo- 

 late, sometimes perforated, and sometimes cloven, red. Stems branched, tufted. 

 Leaves lanceolate-subulate. Dioicous. 



Blindia acuta. 



Silky Tufted Moss. 

 Colour. Brownish green, very silky looking. 



Stems. Half-inch to two or three inches long, branched, tufted, bare of leaves 

 when old. 



Leaves. Crowded, shining, lanceolate, subulate, nerve thick. 

 Capsule. Erect, on short seta, smooth, roundish pyriform. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist rocks on mountains. 



DICRANEiE. 



Fig. 10, 11. Fork Mosses. 

 For the characteristics of the sub-order see Dicranum, (Plate IX) . 



ARCTOA, 

 BROWN FORK MOSS. 



Fig. 10. Generic Character. 



Capsule erect, or inclined, furrowed and contracted below the mouth when dry. 

 Peristome single, of sixteen lanceolate teeth, either cleft or entire, and perforated, 

 deep red and remarkably sensitive to damp (liygroscopic) . Stems tufted, 

 branched. Leaves crowded, lanceolate, subulate, areolee oblong. Monoicous. 



