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Fig. 9. Oethoteichum Lyellii. 



Lyell's Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Greenish brown. 



Stems. Long, very little branched. 



Leaves {b) . Very long, lanceolate; toothed above, scattered and spreading; very 



papillose. 

 Mowers and Fruit. Capsule oblong, apophysis tapering into the fruitstalk ; outer 



peristome sixteen yellow teeth, inner sixteen red cilia. Dioicous. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Trees. Rare. Fruit rare. 



. Fig. 10. Oethoteichum eivulaee. 



Water Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Blackish. 



Stems. Long, slender, branched. 



Leaves. Lanceolate-obtuse ; margia recurved ; nerve strong. 



Mowers and Fruit. Capsule immersed, brown, pyriform ; calyptra naked. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Trees by rivers, and floating from them in the water. Common. 



Fig. 11. OETHOTEicHim Speucei. 



Spruce's Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short, branches few ; tufted. 



Leaves {b) . Sheathing (spai/iMZ«ie) , nerve running to a point {apiculate) . 



Flowers and Frudt. Capsule pyriform, half immersed, striae wide. Summer. 



Locality. Trees and river banks. 



