154 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Pig. 4. Beyum inclinatum. 



Small-mouthed Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Short, tufted ; branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate ; points long, spreading, crowded. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; capsule pendulous, pyriform, mouth very small, 



red-bordered. May. 

 Locality. "Walls and banks. 



Fig. 5. Beyum inteemedium. 

 Many-seasoned Thread Moss {b) . 



Colour. Yellow green ; reddish below. 



Stems. Very short ; barren ones longer, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, narrow ; nerve sometimes toothed. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; capsule not quite pendulous, pyriform, mouth 



small ; inner peristome perfect ; fruit produced at all seasons, and seen in all 



stages on the same plant. 

 Locality. Walls and rocks, and dry places generally. 



Fig. 6. Beyum bimum. 



Lowland Bog Thread Moss [a] . 



Colour. YeUow green. 



Stems. Long, in patches, m.uch matted together, innovations long. 



Leaves. Large, erect, eight-rowed, wide-spread on the innovations, ovate- 

 lanceolate ; apex sometimes slightly serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; seta long ; capsule pendulous ; when dry con- 

 tracted below the mouth. Summer. 



Locality. Marshes and wet places ; a variety with short stems and bristle- 

 pointed leaves in dry spots. 



