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Fig. 7. Beyum annotinum. 



Pale-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Shortj loosely tufted. 



Leaves (6) . Lanceolate^ areola large ; nerve ceasing below the apex. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous, capsule and seta bright red. Summer. 



Locality. Sandy banks and sandstone rocks. 



Fig. 8. Beydm caenetjm. 



Pink-fruited Thread Moss {a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Shortj tufted^ often deciimbent at the base. 



Leaves. Areolae large, ovate-lanceolate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous, seta succulent, bent immediately below the capsule ; 



capsule large in proportion, pink ; annulus none. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist banks. 



(J)). Leaves ovate. Dioicous. 

 Fig. 9. Beyum Wahlenbeegii. 



Wahlenberg's Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Loosely tufted, short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, apes serrated ; nerve ceasing below it. 



Fruit. Seta thick, capsule short and thick, lid smaU.. Summer. 



Locality. Wet places. 



Fig. 10. Beyum Ludwigii. 

 Ludivig's Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Fertile stem decumbent at the base, tufted. 



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