468 
NEW ARRANGEMENT OF 
meinen dafurhalten immer als Merkmaal bey Aufstellung 
des Gattungscharackters mit zu Hlilfegenommen werderi 
kann." We have examined the specimens he kindly sent 
to us, and regret to say we still cannot coincide with him 
on the importance of the characters which he draws from 
the peristome and columella, above alluded to. As we 
have united several genera in the formation of Dissodon^ 
we conceive that characters of the species may not be un- 
acceptable. 
1. ^ssodon Splachnoides ; foliis patentibus, lingulatis, 
obtusis, concavis; peristomii dentibus 16 gemina- 
tis, integris, aequidistantibus apice incurvis; seta 
laevi. 
Weissia splachnoides, Swartz. Schwaegr. Suppl. 1. p. 63. t. 17. — 
Hook, et Tayl. Muse. Brit. t. 14. FI. Lond. (New Series) t, 192. 
— -Grev. Crypt. FI. t. 145.— Funck Deutschl. Moose, t. 9. 
Splachnum lingulatum, Dicks. Cr. fasc. 4. p. 4. t. 10. f. 6. — Smith, 
Engl. Bot. t. 2095 — Brid. Meth. p. 105. 
Grimmia splachnoides. Smith, Engl. Bot. t. 2164. (excl. fig. foL, et 
synon. Dicks, ac FI. Brit.) 
Cyrtodon, Brown in Parry's First Voyage, Append- p. ccxcix. 
Hab. Scotland, Germany, Lapland, etc. : in turf-bogs at a con- 
siderable elevation. 
The 16 geminated teeth are of a yellow colour. The 
columella is often much exserted, and the lid frequently 
adnate with its apex. 
2. D. Hornschuchii, foliis erectis, appressis, ovato-Iingu- 
latis, obtusis, concavis ; peristomii dentibus 16 ge- 
minatis, per lineam separabilem solventibus, aequi- 
distantibus, rectis : seta laevi. 
Systylium splachnoides, Hornsch. in Comment, de Voit. et Syst. p. 
14. t. 2.— Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 98.— Schwjegr. Supp. 2. t. lOT. 
Funck, Deutschl, Moose, t. 6. 
Hab. On a micaceous rock in the Carinthian Alps. 
The teeth are short, and bright red, and usually so deeply 
divided at the line of gemination as almost to present the 
