EXPLANATION OF TEE PLATES. 151 



Fig. 14. Beyum neodamense. 



La/rge-leaved Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Long, slender. 



Leaves (b) . Few and large, erect, ovate, apiculate, in a tuft at tlie summit. 



Fruit. Not known in Britain. 



Locality. Very rare. Mr. Wilson's MS. In East Cornwall. 



Fig. 15. Brtum lacustee. 



Small-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Very short, with innovations. 



Leaves (b) . Broadly ovate, obtuse ; margin recurved ; nerve either reaching to 



the apex or ceasing below it. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsule pyriform, pendulous, small. Summer. 

 Locality. Moist sandy places. 



Fig. 16. Betum Weeneum. 



Werne's Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Half-inch long, innovations many. 

 Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, apiculate, tufted. 

 Fruit. Seta long, bent below the capsule ; capsule large, contracted in the 



middle, pendulous. 

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



Fig. 17. Beyitm: PsEUDOTEiQUETEim. 



Alpine-bog Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Brownish, very dark. 

 Stems. In patches, one to three inches long, with innovations. 



