Mosses and Lichens 



Annulus. Large, rolling back as the lid falls. 

 Spores. Mature in summer. 

 Distribution. Almost universal. 

 Webera albicans, Schimp. See Plate 

 XVII. 



Habit and habitat. This pretty moss 

 grows in soft tufts of a light-green colour in 

 wet sand on the borders of streams, and in 

 swampy land along wheel ruts. 



Name. The specific name albicans, whitish, 

 has reference to its peculiar pale-green colour. 

 Plant (gametophyte). Simple, erect or 

 inclined; i to 4 inches long; stem reddish or 

 dark-purple. 



Leaves. The lower ovate, oblong and taper-pointed, the upper 

 oblong-lanceolate, soft, yellowish or pale-green; vein vanishing 

 below the apex; margin serrate near apex; leaves around the male 

 flowers broad and concave at the base, open and lanceolate above. 



W. albicans. 

 Male plant. 



W. albicans. 



W. albicans. Leaves. 



Habit of flowering. Male and female flowers on separate 

 plants, male flowers in a disk-like head. 



Spore-case. Inclined or pendent, short-pear-shaped, inflated 



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