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58. Cryph^a. Bridel.] 
Calyptra conico-mitriform, small, lacerated at the base. Capsule im- 
mersed, oval-oblong, annulate; lid rostrate, beak straight. 
Peristome double, the exterior of 1 6 teeth, remotely articulated ; 
the interior divided nearly to the base into 1 6 carinate cilia, 
alternating with the outer teeth. Leaves imbricated, adpressed 
when dry, nerved half way or nearly to the apex ; areolation 
dense, roundish, or dot-like. Inflorescence monoicous. 
1. C. heteromalla (Bridel). Bryol. Univ. 2, p. 250. S chimp , Synop. 
Muscor., 463. Bryol. Brit., p. 420, tab. 22. Eabenhor., 
Bryothec. Europ., jSTo. 684. Keckera heteromalla, Engl. Bot., 
tab. 1180. Daltonia heteromalla, Hook, and TayL, Muscol. 
Brit., Ed. 2, p. 139.' 
Hab. Trunks of trees and bushes. Abundant in Dublin and Wick- 
low ; also in the southern and western counties, but rarer 
in the north. 
Sub-Tribe. METEOEiEiE. 
59. FoNTiNALis. Dillenius. 
Calyptra conic, slightly lacerate at base, apex slender, subulate. 
Capsule ovate, symmetrical, immersed among the perichaetial 
leaves; lid conical. Peristome double, the exterior of 16 linear- 
lanceolate teeth, distinct or cohering in pairs at their apices, the 
interior of 16 filiform cilia, slightly flexuose, and connected by 
cross-bars into a plicated cone. Leaves three-ranked, nerveless ; 
areolation small, composed of narrow rhomboidal cells, of nearly 
equal size in all parts of the leaf. Large water mosses. 
Diagnosis of Species. 
Stems irregularly -branched ; leaves disposed 
triquetrously, broadly ovate or ovate - 
lanceolate, plicato-carinate, . . 1. F. AjfTiPYREiiCA. 
Stems slender, branches fasciculate; leaves 
oblongo-lanceolate, concave ; perichaetial 
leaves apiculate, . . . . 2 E. squamosa. 
1. F. antipyretica (Linn). Sp. Plant., p. 1571. Bryol. Europ., 
vol. V. Monogr., p. 5, tab. 439. Bryol. Brit., p. 423, tab. 22. 
Turner, Muse. Hib., p. 199. Engl. Bot., tab. 359. Muscol. 
Brit., Ed. 2, p. 140. 
