170 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Plate XXVI. 



BARTRAMIE^. 



Pig. 1. Chaeacteeistics op Order. 



' Plants tuftedj on rocks and earthy fructification terminal. Capsule (a) round, 

 furrowed ; calyptra small ; stems with innoTations below the fructification^ leaves 

 lanceolate^ or lanceolate-acuminate ; areolas (6) small, quadrate. 



Fig. 2. Baeteamidula Wilsdni. 



Beardless Apple Moss (a) . 



Oolow. Pale green. 



Stems. Short, with innovations, in patches. 



Leaves {h) . Lanceolate, serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsule pink, smooth, drooping; peristome 



none. Autumn. 

 Locality. Mountains in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. 



(a). Branches fastigiate. Monoicous. 

 Fig. 3. Baeteamia rigida. 



Rigid Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short, tufted, radiculose. 



Leaves (5) . Erect, straight, lanceolate, pointed, serrated, margin recurved. 



Capsule. Large, strongly ftirrowed, oblique. Autumn. 



Locality. Shady banks in mountainous places in Ireland. 



