The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

Funaria.] MU.sci-ACROCARPi-PEiiisTOMr. 51
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inch in length. The var. /S. has the stems branched with innovations,
each bearing a very short seta, which gives the plant a remarkable
appearance.
10, P. ndnum, Hedw. (dwarf round-headed Hair-Moss);
stems short, leaves linear-lanceolate obtuse their margins and
the summit of the keel serrated principally at the extremity,
capsule nearly erect subglobose. Hedw. St. Or. v. l.t. 13. Turn.
Muse. Hib.p.89. Fl. Brit. p. 1379. E. Hot. t. 1625. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. \. p. 324. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 20. Drum.
Muse. Scot. v. 2. n. 20. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 50. t. 11—P. subrotundum,
Menz.—Fl. Brit. p. 1378. E. Bot. t. 1624.—P. pnmilum,
Sw. Muse. Suec. t. 9. f. 19. Hedw. Sp. Mu$c. t. 21.
Dill. Muse. t. 55. /. 6.
Moist sandy banks, frequently with P. abides. Fr. Dec.— It will be
seen that this differs in no particular from the preceding but in its
rounded capsule.
(See Entosthodon and some Orthotricha in Diploperistomi.)
Div. II. Peristome double. Diploperistomi. 1
A. Internal peristome composed of distinct teeth or cilia, (in Entosthodon
obsolete.)
23. Entosthodon. Schivaegr. Entosthodon.
Seta terminal. Peristome double ? the Older of 16 remote
teeth, arising from within the mouth of the capsule, horizontal
and slightly oblique; the inner obsolete or wanting. Capsule pyriform,
with an apophysis. Calyptra dimidiate, inflated below.
Named from ivrorSov, tvithin, and o^uv, a tooth, on account of the
insertion of the peristome.
1. E. Templetdni, Schwaegr. ( Mr. Templeton't Entosthodon),
Schwaegr. Suppl. 2. p. 44. £. 113. Funaria Templetoni, F. Bot.
t. 2524.— Weissia Templetoni, Muse. Ihit. ed. 1. p. 42.