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that nearly covers the then slender capsule, all pale 

 yellow-green, and by the round cluster of light-green 

 leaves. The leaves fold so closely, even when moist, 

 that the outline cannot be seen unless the bulb-like 

 tuft is pressed and the leaves spread apart. The leafy 

 part of the plant is so small that it is doubtful if Fu- 

 naria is ever collected except when fruited. Mixed with 

 Funaria is often a taller, sterile growth of some other 

 moss with long narrow leaves, so that care must be 

 taken to separate the fruited plants to see the character 

 of the leaves. 



