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Plate IX. 



CAMPYLOPODEiE. 



Characteristics op Sub-Order. 



Capsule elliptic-oblong ; Kd between conical and awl-shaped ; seta very much 

 bent (arcuate) . The form and curvature of the capsule and seta are precisely 

 those of the head and neck of a swan, hence the generic name " Swan-neck 

 Moss." (See Campylostelinm.) Leaf-cells (areolce) four-cornered (quadrate) . 

 (Fig. 2. c.) 



DICEANODONTIUM. 



Generic Character. 



Capsule elliptic-oblong, smooth ; calyptra entire, not fringed ; annulus very 

 small ; teeth of peristome divided to the base, long and narrow, inserted below 

 the mouth of the capsule. 



Fig. 2. Dicranodontium longiostre. 

 Beaked Swan-nech Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. In patches, one to three inches long, the lower part covered with red 

 root-fibres. 



Leaves (b) . Falcato-secund ; base dilated and sheathing, upper part setaceous, 



strongly serrated, often falling off, crowded on the stems in bunches. 

 Capsule. Elliptic- oblong-, smooth ; seta arcuate. Barren in Britain. October. 

 Locality. Cromagloun, near Killarney. Dr. Taylor in " Bryologia Britannica." 



The only species, in habit like a Dicranum, 



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