Mosses and Lichens 



serrate ; cells narrowly rhomboidal; spore-case oval, nodding 

 or horizontal, inflated and with long sharp beak. 



Lid. Leaf. 



Eurhynchium; Hypnutn Boscii. 



Plagiothecium. Stems irregularly branching, 

 not pinnate ; leaves usually flattened out in 

 the same plane or all turned in one direction, 

 ovate or oblong lanceolate, often somewhat 

 oblique at base, two-veined or veinless. Leaf- 

 cells elongated hexagonal to linear; seta smooth, 



spore-case oblong to cylindrical, curved. Lid from conical 



to short-beaked. 



Eurhynchium; 

 Hypnum Boscii. 

 Spore-case. 



Spore-case. 



Leaf -cells. 

 Plagiothecium Muellerianum. 



Leaves. 



Amblystegium. Plants usually small or medium size with 

 numerous irregular entangled branches, often forming broad 

 soft mats over the ground. Leaves mostly small, ovate acute, 

 spreading regularly around the stem, straight or sometimes 



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