152 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate^ larger abovej bordered ; nerve reaching beyond 



tlie apes. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long and slender; capsule rather long. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places, rocks and banks. 



Fig. 18. Betum Alpinum. . 



Alpine Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Red brown. 

 Stems. Radiculose, with innovations. 

 Leaves (&) . Much crowded, imbricated ; margin recurved, erect ; nerve rigid, 



beyond the apes. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta bent below, arched below the capsule; 



. capsule red. Summer. 

 Locality. Moist rocks. Fruit rare. 



Fig. 19. Beyum tuebinatdm. 



Fear-frmted Thread Moss (a). 

 Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Short, branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, concave ; margin flat ; nerve to the apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule pyriform, but not found in Britain. 



Summer. 



Locality. Scarwheel, Manchester; near Fakenham, Norfolk. Mr. Fitt. 



Fig. 20. Beyubi fallens. 



Pale-leaved Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Short, branches long and slender. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, ovate-lanceolate, bordered ; nerve excurrent. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long ; capsule pyriform, neck long, lid 



pointed. Summer. 



Locality. Wet places. 



