148 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Flowers and Fruit. MonoicouSj capsules occasionally two together^ horizontal- 



pyriform. Summer. 

 Locality. Scotch and Welsh mountains. 



Fig. 4. Bkyum elongatum. 



Long-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Slender^ with one innovation. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate^ apex serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. MonoicouSj capsule rather drooping and slender. Summer. 



Locality. Rocks, &c. iu mountain districts. 



Fig. 5. Beyum ceudum. 



Alpine Thread Moss [a] . 



Golowr. Grass green. 



Stems. Simple, radiculose. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate, the upper serrated, reddish and smaller below. 



Floivers and Fruit. Synoicous or dioicous, capsule oval, irregular. Summer. 



Locality. Banks and rocks. 



Fig. 6. Bkydm nutans. 



Pendulous Thread Moss (») . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Red, tufted, one to two inches long. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, erect when dry, apex serrulate, margin recurved below. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous, seta long, capsule drooping, oval-pyriform. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Dry banks. 



