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(b). Branches fasciculate. Dioicous. 



Pig. 4. Baeteamia fontana. 



Fountain Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Longj rusty, with radicles. 



Leaves (h) . Ovate-acuminate, folded at the base, toothed at the apex, margin 



recurved below ; sometimes narrower and set star- wise. 

 Capsule. Seta very long ; capsule large, red-broTsm, much furrowed, thick. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places in mountainous districts. 



Fig. 5. Baeteamia c^spitosa. 



Tufted Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Long, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, serrated, the lower pressed to the stem, the upper 



spreading in a tuft. 

 Capsule. Barren in Britain. 

 Locality. Damp places ; but not common. Found ia Cornwall. 



Fig. 6. Baeteamia calcaeea. 



Thick-nerved Apple Moss {a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, with many iunovations, radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, crowded, concave ; nerve very thick, serrated. 



Capsule. Seta long ; capsule large ) leaves of perigonia very acute. Summer. 



Locality. Wet places, in limestone. 



