104 MOSSES. 



name is a good index to the plant. The Hare's-tail 

 Leucodon (L. lagarus) is very rare, being only known 

 to exist in the Hebrides. 



The Wing mosses have curved fruit-stalks, are branched, 

 and have oval urns. The Pendulous species (Antitrichea 

 curtipendula), grows either on rocks or trees, three or 

 more inches high, straggling in habit, and with hairy 

 leaves. The Curled species (Leptodon smithii) is a 

 Devonshire moss : its lid is beaked and the veil hairy. 



The tall Anomodon (A. veticulosus, Plate VII., fig. 3) 

 is common at the roots of trees and on rocks. It has 

 long branches, interlacing one another, so as to form a 

 thick cushion. The leaves are tongue-shaped, and closely 

 planted around the stem. AYhen moist they are spread 

 widely, but when dry they cling close to the stem. I 

 found it with abundance of oval urns upon it, near 

 Brixton Deveril, in Wilts. 



One of the last days of my sojourn in this lovely 

 Yorkshire dale was spent in seeing a lead mine and smelt 

 mill, varieties with which these hills abound. As we 

 left the harsh-looking neighbourhood of the mines, our 

 eyes rested with delight upon a verdant plot of swampy 

 ground. On inspecting this more closely, I found a 

 quantity of yellowish moss, bearing clustered branches 

 intermingled with fruit-stalks : the urns were erect and 

 oval. The striking resemblance of its form to that of a 

 tree rendered it probable that this was the Marsh-tree 

 moss (Climacium dendroides, Jig. 3), and all its charac- 

 teristics agreed with Hooker's description. 



The next time that my cousin went to Eichmond, 

 Fanny and I accompanied him ; and, alighting from the 



