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Fig. 9. Tetraplodon angustatus. 

 Narrow-leaved Collar Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Much branched, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate; much acuminate, obscurely serrated, erecto-patent ; crowded. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta short ; aphophysis narrow ; twice as long 



as the capsule. 

 Locality. Animal refuse, among mountains. Rare. 



TAYLORIA. 

 Fig. 10. Tayloria serrata. 

 Serrated Collar Moss (b) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Very short, radiculose. 



Leaves (c) . Eight-rowed ; apex recurved, ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; areolf© 



large ; nerve ceasing immediately below the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta long ; capsule (a) oval, with a very long 



furrowed neck ; peristome of sixteen or thirty-two teeth, in four sets, 



inserted below the mouth. Summer. 

 Locality. Animal refuse, in mountainous places. 



DISSODON. 



Fig. 11. Dissodon splachnoides. 

 Marsh Collar Moss (c) . 



Colour. Blackish green. 



Stems. Dichotomous, radiculose, in patches. 



Leaves (d) . Ligulate ; areolse large ; nerve waved and ceasing below the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Seta long ; capsule («) ovate ; neck short, peristome of six- 

 teen equi-distant barred teeth ; erect when dry. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet bogs on the Scottish mountains. 



