150 BRITISH M088ES. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate^ upper lanceolate^ margin recurved. 



Fruit. Seta long, slender, bent at the base ; capsule small, seta bent below it. 



Autumn. 

 Locality. Clova MountaiaSj &c. near tbe line of perpetual snow. Fruit very 



rare. 



Fig. 11. Beyum Duvalii. 



Duval's Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Long, with numerous innovations. 

 Leaves (6) . Acute, running parallel with the stem (decwrent) ; apex recurved ; 



margins plane ; areolae large, undulated when dry. 

 Fruit. Capsule regular, pendulous. 

 Locality. Hart Fell, Moffat. Mr. Wilson's MS. , 



(c). Leaves ovate, broad. 

 Fig. 12. Bkttjm Makattii. 



Marafs Thread Moss. 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Short, innovations long. 



Leaves {b) . Large, ovate ; areolae large ; nerve prominent. 



Fruit. Seta very long, bent below the capsule ; capsule ovate-pyriform, 



regular. 

 Locality. Very rare in Britain. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 13. Beyum calophtllum. 



Long-stalked Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Decumbent below, short, with innovations. 



Leaves. Broadly ovate, nerve ceasing below the apex ; areolas large and regular. 



Fruit. Seta very long ; capsule pyriform, pendulous. 



Locality. Very rare in Britain. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



