The Little-beard Mosses 



The Tufted Barbula, Barbula ccespitosa, Schwaegr. 



Habit and habitat. Common and variable, roots of trees in 

 grassy places. 



Name. The specific name ccespitosa, from the Latin ccespes, 

 turf, refers to the tufted manner of growth. 



B. caspitosa. Leaves. 



B. ccespitosa. 

 Male flower- 

 cluster. 



B. ceespitosa. 



B. ccespitosa. Spore-cases. 



Plant (gamelophyfe). Loosely tufted, soft, variable in size. 



Leaves. Long and narrow, more or less wavy, curled or bent 

 in various directions and with a very narrow wavy point when 

 dry; apex bearing a short sharp point; vein strong, yellow, 

 prolonged beyond the leaf-blade; cells, the basal loose and 

 transparent, the upper green and indistinct. 



Habit of flowering. Male and female flowers on the same 



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