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Leaves (b) . Ovate^ with a coloured border ; lower ones remote, terminal larger. 

 Flower's and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule pendulous, pyriform, lid conical. Spring. 

 Locality. West of England. Kent. Ireland, in damp shady places. Fruit 

 rare. 



Fig. 22. Betum eoseum. 



Rosette Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Branched, base decumbent, radiculose, in patches. 



Leaves. Lower very small, lanceolate ; upper very large, in a star-like rosette, 



apiculate, serrated above ; lower margin recurved. {See title.) 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Barren flower round, yellow, conspicuous; seta 



very long ; capsule oblong, incurved, pendulous, sometimes two or three 



together, rare. 



