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for some time with the beak turned downwards, the minute fructification bears 

 an absurd resemblance to an elephant's head. 



Fig. 7. Funaria Hibernica. 

 Irish Cord Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Sharply serrated, narrower than in the next species ; point very 

 long. 



Flowers and, Fruit. Seta twisting to the left ; capsule rather long and narrow. 

 Summer. 



Locality. First discovered in Ireland, and since found at Matlock, &c. on lime- 

 stone rocks. 



Fig. 8. Funaria Muhlenbergii. 

 Muh lenberg's Cord Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves. Ovate, wide, serratures blunt, acuminate. 



Floivers and Fruit. Seta twisting to the right ; capsule short, pyriform. Spring. 

 Locality. Common on calcareous soil. 



ENTOSTHODON. 

 Fig. 10. Entosthodon Templetoni. 



Templeton's Cord Moss («) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Lower small, upper crowded in a tuft ; ovate-acuminate ; not 

 toothed, but the margin uneven ; areolse large, hexagonal. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule (Fig. 9) solitary, erect, pyriform ; 

 neck long ; peristome single, inserted below the wide mouth ; seta long. 

 Summer. 



Locality. Moist banks and shady places in various parts of England. 



