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Leaves long, hair-like, spreading when moist; more erect 

 when dry; arranged in ofily two rows ; bright or dark green. 

 Seta about i inch long; reddish. 

 Capsule erect, cyhndrical, slender; reddish- 

 brown; mature in summer. 



Operculum cone-shaped, not conspicuous. 

 Range, Europe, North America, Tasmania, 

 New Zealand. 



This species is usually found on rocks in 

 Dishchum ^YiQ mountains, especially in limestone re- 



capillaceum ' ^ -^ 



Portion of gions. The distinguishing characters are the 

 \lig^d ^^' ^^^^ slender stems and the long hair -like leaves. 

 The plants are soft and silky in appear- 

 ance. The leaves are in two opposite rows, but this is 

 not always clearly seen, especially if the leaves are 

 crowded. Sometimes they are separated enough to 

 show this arrangement and also the white sheathing 

 bases which make the stems appear white and shining. 



6. DICRANELLA Schimp. (Di-cra-nel-la) 



A genus of over one hundred species, only two of 

 which are at all common in our range. The name means 

 a " little " Dicranum; Dicranum is from the Greek, 

 referring to the shape of the teeth of the peristome. 



Plants growing close together on damp soil and upturned 

 roots, rarely on earth-covered rocks ; common ; freely fruiting. 



Stems erect, slender, usually less than i inch high. 



Leaves long, narrow, hair-like, usually turned to one side; 

 not much changed when dry; bright to dark green. 



