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Leaves (6) . Lanceolate;, crowded^ spreading straight {erecto-patent) , nearly- 

 straight when dry. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule pyriform, striated, tapering into the fruitstalk, beak 

 long. Summer. 



Locality. Rocks. Common. 



Fig. 22. Oethotrichum PHTLLANTHtm. 



Frizzled Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Branched, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Very much crisped and curled when dry ; nerve thick. 



Floivers and Fruit. Always barren, but buds {gemmae), (c) are found at the 



apex of the leaves. The plate gives their magnified form; with the naked 



eye they appear Hke brown dust upon the leaf. 

 Locality. Rocks and trees in every part of the world. Abimdant on trees in 



Cornwall. 



