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Paet II. 

 CYLINDROTHECIUM, ETC. 



CYLINDROTHECIUM. 



Stem decumbent, pinnate. Peristome double ; outer of sixteen lanceolate, not 

 hygroscopic teeth, inserted below the mouth of the capsule ; inner of sixteen cilia, 

 marked with a line. Caj)sule erect, cylindrical. 



Fig. 8. Cylindeothecium Montagnei. 



Montague's Cylinder Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green, very shining. 

 Stems. Pinnate. 



Leaves. Imbricated, elliptical, not serrated, obtuse ; margin recurved at the base ; 



nerveless, or two-nerved at the base. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicoiis. Fruit unknown in Britain, and hitherto only found 



near Paris and in Switzerland. 

 Locality. Hilly districts, chiefly in limestone. 



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