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11. CyrtodoNc Br. Cyrtodon.
Seta terminal. Peristome single, of 16 equidistant, entire
teeth, marked with a central line, incurved when dry. Capsule
with an evident apophysis, Calyptra mitriform, at length subdimidiate,
glabrous, without furrows. (Hook, in Fl. Loud. N. S.
cum Ic, and Grec. Scot. Or. Fl. t. 145, under the Genus Weissia).—Named
from xvgrog, convex, and obm, a tooth; in allusion
to the incurved peristome.
1. C. splacknoides, Br. (splachnoid Cyrtodon). Br. in Parry's
1st Voy. App. p. ccxcix.—Dissodon splachnoides, Grev. et Am.
in Tent. Meth. 3Iusc. 3. p. 121. t. 13. n. 39—44.—Eremodon
splachnoides, Brid. Bryol. Univ. v. 1. p. 234.— Weissia splach-
noides, Schwaegr. Suppl. v. I. p. 63. t. 17. Drum. Muse. Scot.
v. 2. n. 33. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 76. t. \4.— Grimmia splachnoides,
Fl. Brit. p. 1197. E. Bot. t. 2164?-—Splachnum angulation,
Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 4. t. 10./. 6. Fl. Brit. p. 1177.
E. Bot. t. 2095.
Turf bogs, on the more elevated of the Scottish mountains. Fr.
Aug.—Densely tufted ; whole plant of a dark lurid colour. Stems
elongated. Leaves lingulate, rounded at their summits, the nerve disappearing
below the top. Seta elongated. Capsule obovate ; apojihysis
obconical. Peristome of 16 subulate, incurved, equidistant teeth, of a
full yellow colour, marked with a line down the middle, never splitting.
Lid "convex, acuminulate, when separated from the mouth of the capsule
still frequently adhering to the top of the columella, which, as in all the
splachnoid family, is Very evident and exserted when the capsule
becomes old and dry.
12. Coxostomum. Linn. Conostomum.
Seta terminal. Peristome single, of 16 equidistant teeth, all
united at their summits. Calyptra dimidiate. (Muse. Brit. t. \.)—
Name, zovog, a cone, and tro/ia, the mouth ; from the teeth meeting
at the point so as to form a cone.
1. C. boredle, 8w. (northern Conostomum}} Btems elongated,
leaves lanceolate acuminate carinate slightly toothed. Sw. in
Schrad. lint. r. 1.
Muse. Brit. in< tingle, of hi teeth. Calyptra cam-
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pannlate, smooth, entirely enclosing the mature capsule. <
Hut. t. 2.)— Name, j»x*Av*-t