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the same district which he found in fallow fields about 

 Hawkkurst, its fruit ripe in April, had narrower leaves 

 and a tapering urn ; it proved to be the Fallow-field 

 Bladder moss (P. fasciculare, Jig. 8). The Dwarf Bladder 

 moss is very minute. We have none of us found it. 



The Apple Moss group succeeds the Bladder moss ; they 

 are clustered mosses, growing upon rocks or earth : with 

 roundish urns, ribbed when dry, a small cone-shaped lid. 

 and a diminutive veil, which soon vanishes. In some 

 species there is a simple fringe, in some the fringe is 

 double, and in some it is entirely wanting. The B ear die- 

 Dwarf Apple moss is very lovely and delicate (Bartramidula 

 Wilsoni) : it grows in small patches, with decumbent 

 stems, which are one-branched ; the leaves are lance- 

 shaped, and the fruit-stalks often grow two or three to- 

 gether, and are arched. The round urns droop, and are of 

 a pinkish colour. The Bigid Apple moss, is peculiar to 

 Ireland. This Common Apple moss, which we have from 

 Kichmond (Bartramia pomiformis, Jig. 10), has clustered 

 stems and long spreading leaves, which are crisped when 

 dry. 



Once more we planned an excursion to Summer Lodge 

 Bank, but separated when we reached the mosses, that 

 each mio'ht find different treasures. 



For a long time I searched in vain for any indication 

 of Apple mosses, but at last I found the object of my 

 desire growing knee-deep in a rivulet which issues from 

 the Tarn. The moss was tall, its stems measuring three 

 or four inches, branched and niatted together ; the leaves 

 were broad and tapering, of a yellow-green colour ; and 

 the long fruit-stalks bore large round reddish urns. It 



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