66. TETRAPLODON. B. & S.
385. T. mnioides. 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. V.
386. T. angustatus. 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. VII. VIII.
67. TAYLORIA. Hooker.
387. T. serrata. 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. VII. VIII.
68. DISSODON. Grev.
388. D. Froelichianus. 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,
