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 66. TETRAPLODON. B. & S.

385. B. & S. St. ½-3in. tufted; l. sub-*erect obovate or nearly elliptical, suddenly narrowed into a long piliferous point, concave, entire, nerved to apex; caps. elliptical on a large obovate apophysis of about same width; lid conical obtuse.

Moist mountainous situations, on dung, &c.

386. B. & S. St. ½-2in. tufted; l. sub-*erect, ovate-lanceolate concave, narrowed into long tapering points, serrate; caps. ovate on an obconical apophysis; lid conical obtuse.

Dung on mountains, rare.

67. TAYLORIA.

387. B. & S. St. scarcely 1in.; l. erecto-patent, recurved above, oblong obovate, lower ovate-lanceolate acuminate, serrate above, not nerved to apex; caps. oval on a long tapering apophysis; lid convex obtuse.

var. γ. tenuis. "l. broader and shorter, caps. smaller on a more slender stalk, much contracted when dry, columella exserted." Wils.

Normal form not found in Britain—only var. γ on turfy soil on Scotch mountains.

68. DISSODON.

388. Grev. "St. cæspitose or scattered; l. ovate-oblong obtuse, nerve ceasing below apex; caps. (with apophysis) clavato-pyriform; lid conical; teeth of perist. in pairs." [Wils. Bry. Brit., 296.]

Doubtful native; said to have been found on Ben High,