66 MOSSES. 



We found the Lily Fork-Moss (D. keteromallum, 

 Plate V., Jig. 5), abundantly on a moist bank in one of 

 the birch woods, and we have found it in every county 

 that we have since visited. It grows in large patches, 

 covering the earth with its yellow green silky foliage, 

 and chestnut urns. When examined with a lens the 

 leaves are seen to be toothed towards the narrow point ; 

 the fruitstalk is bent where it joins the urn, and the lid is 

 prolonged into a beak. 



The sickle leaved Fork-moss (D. falcatum), we have 

 from the highlands, the leaves are all turned to one side, 

 and bent, so as to give the form wdrich characterises the 

 plant. Its colour is dark green, its stems branched, and 

 the lid beaked. 



The Swaledale w^oods afforded abundance of the Broom 

 Fork-moss (D. scoparium, Plate V., fig. 4), growing in 

 extensive patches. A large handsome moss, with yellow- 

 green, glossy foliage, broad at the base, but narrowing to 

 a long fine point, with saw-like edges ; the urns nearly 

 erect, chestnut coloured, and with a beaked lid, the veils 

 being beaked also. 



The Marsh Fork-moss (D. palustre) closely resembles 

 this, but the leaves are less narrow at the point, and the 

 fruit grows more abundantly, several urns rising from 

 one plant. 



The Tall Fork-moss (D. majus), was sent to us from 

 Blair Athole, it resembles the two last, but is still larger ; 

 it has clustering fruit-stalks like the Marsh species, and 

 the foliage turned to one side, as is often seen in the 

 Broom Fork-moss. 



