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II. Seta longer. 

 (a) . Calyptra naked. 



Pig. 15. Oethoteichum pulchellum. 



Pretty Bristle Moss (a.) . 



Colour. Very pale green. 



Stems. Short, branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Soft, lanceolate, pointed {apiculate) crisped when dry ; margin 



recurved. 

 Floioers and Fruit. Capsule eight-ribbed; peristome of sixteen red teeth, in 



pairs ; calyptra naked. Spring. 

 Locality. Trees and walls. 



(b) . Calyptra hairy. 



Pig 16. Oethoteichum Ludwigii. 



Club-fruited Bristle -Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Creeping, branched. 



Leaves (5). In bundles (/ascicZei^) , spreading, twisted when dry ; lanceolate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule on long seta, ovate. Autumn. 



Locality. On trees. Scotland and Ireland. 



Pig. 17. Oethoteichum ceispulum. 



Dwarf-curled Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Tufted, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, crisped when dry. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule oval, very thin and small, not contracted below the 



mouth. Sjjring. 

 Locality. Trees in the north of England. 



