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Leaves {h) . Lower ovate^ spreading ; upper ovatOj apiculate, narrow at the base ; 



border wide, serratures sharp, waved when dry. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Sjraoicous. Capsule solitary, not so large or pendulous as 



the last species. Spring. 

 Locality. Shady places on limestone. 



Fig. 4. Mnium rosteatum. 



Long-beaked Thyme Thread Moss [a] . 



Colour . Dark green. 



Stems. Short, base decumbent, shoots long and creeping. 



Leaves. Oval oblong, obtuse, apiculate, serratures blunt, waved and crisped when 



dry. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsules oval, several together, pendulous, lid 



rostrate. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist rocks. 



. Fig. 5. Mnittm gethoehtnchdm. 

 Small-leaved Thyme Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Long, tufted, radiculose. 



Leaves (h) . Lower very small and scattered ; upper ovate-lanceolate, apiculate, 



in a tuft, doubly serrated ; areola small. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule not found in Britain. 

 Locality. Woods and shady places. 



Fig. 6. MmuM seeeatum. 



Serrated Thyme Thread Moss (») . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, bi'anches erect. 



Leaves {b) . Lower red and small, upper narrower, ovate-lanceolate ; doubly 

 serrated, bordered, tufted. 



