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mis, siccitate diffusls, tortuosis. Columella apice glohoso- 
capitata. Calyptra Icsxm^fugax. 
Fruct. Calyptra mitriform^ white, scariose, tender, 
even, smooth, very fugacious. Fruit-stalk terminal, elon- 
gated, even, rigid, straight, of a reddish-orange colour. 
Apophysis, when mature, obconical, longer and narrower 
than the capsule, nearly of the same colour, even. Theca 
entire, oblong-cylindrical, even, pale brown, the mouth 
reddish. Lid conical, elongated, obtuse, nearly equal in 
length to the theca, and of the same colour, somewhat 
curved. Peristome simple, of 32 unigeminating teeth, very 
long, attenuated, transversely striated, inserted a little be- 
low the inner margin of the orifice : when moist they are 
highly involute, and concealed within the capsule: when 
dry, erect, diffuse, spirally twisting together in a lax man- 
ner under the influence of the moist breath or touch, and 
again becoming evolved, scattering the sporules, and pre- 
serving a constant tremulous motion, similar to that of the 
filaments which embrace the germen of the Equiseti. Co- 
lumella much exserted, straight, rigid, globoso-capitate. 
Sporules ...... 
DiFF. Char. Fruit-stalk termifial. Capsule with an 
apophysis. Peristome simple, qfQ9> very long geminating 
teeth, which when dry are diffuse and tortuose. Columella 
globoso-capitate » Calyptra even, fugacious. 
Veg, Stems for the most part tufted, about an inch 
long, either simple, or branched with innovations, the lower 
parts covered with a ferruginous down. The lower leaves 
are smaller than the upper ones ; the latter more closely 
arranged ; they are all imbricated, green, erecto-patent, 
ovato-lanceolate, acute, with a serrated margin towards the 
