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 below, entirely covering the capsule, contracted at the base; Infl. as in last; per. teeth hygroscopic reflexed when dry. 88.

(36). (partly) Perennial in round tufts; caps. erect, immersed or exserted, pear-shaped or elliptical, with 8, rarely 16, coloured striæ; peristome either single or double, sometimes absent; outer of 32 teeth, connected so as to seem 8 or 16, broad and flat, inner of 8 or 16 equal cilia, or 16 alternately shorter ones; lid short, conico-rostellate; calyptra large campanulate, with about eight furrows, base somewhat torn, and mostly covered with short hair-like processes, but not contracted. 89.

[dagger][dagger] Calyptra smooth, not plicate.

a. Teeth 16, equidistant.


 * Perennial, caulescent, cæspitose.

(partly) [29.] ''vide ante. p.'' 2.

Caps. immersed, obovate or roundish, mouth wide; calyptra small, conico-mitriform, columella adhering to the deciduous lid; teeth large, barred, without medial lines, often perforate. Infl. monoicous or dioicous (included in Grimmia).

(32). Caps. pedicillate, seta often flexuose, ovate or oblong, rarely ventricose, sometimes striated, teeth large lanceolate, barred, perforate, bi-trifid; calyptra five-lobed at base, sometimes dimidiate; columella free. Infl. monoicous or dioicous.; areolæ small dense, larger at base.

77.