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Aetoca fulbella. 

 Broivii Fork Moss. 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Half-inch to two inches in length, branched, tufted. 



Leaves (/>) . Crowded, falcate, not crisped, lanceolate-subulate ; nerve strong. 



Capsule. Ovate, eight-furrowed, lid oblique, peristome generally cleft, red. 



Fruitstalk of various length. Summer. 

 Locality. Crevices of mountain rocks. 



CYNODONTIUM. 

 PEAR-FRUITED FORK MOSS. 

 Fig. 14. Generic Character. 



Capsule generally pyriform, and oblique. Calyptra large, lid beaked. Peri- 

 stome single, of sixteen teeth, bright red, soon falling [deciduous) , cloven to the 

 base and the divisions joined by bars, or entire. Leaves lanceolate, very slightly 

 toothed, twisted and curved. Monoicous. 



Fig. 14. Cynodontium Bruntoni. 



Pear-fruited Fork Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow and brownish green. 



Stems. Half-inch or more long, branches fastigiate. 



Leaves (h) . Linear-lanceolate, keeled, twisted and curled. 



Capsule. Pear-shaped, oblique ; lid beaked, oblique. Spring. 



Locality. Mountain rocks. 



Dicranella. 



This genus has only of late been discovered by Mr. Wilson, who places it 

 between Cynodontium and Dicranum. Only one species is found in Britain, 

 Dicranella sinuosa. Wave-leaved lesser Fork Moss. 



Colour. Bright Green. 



Stems. Half-inch long, densely tufted. 



Leaves. Lanceolate, apex slightly toothed ; nerve broad, reaching to the apex. 

 Capsule. With a swelling at the base (strumose) . Peristome as in Dicranum, 

 Locality. Near Bangor. (Mr. Wilson.) 



