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Leaves {b) . Base sheathing^ lanceolate-subulatCj straight when dry^ serrated ; 



nerve prominent. 

 Flowers and Frwit. Synoicous ; seta long ; capsule rounds horizontal. 

 Locality. Mountain rocks. 



Fig. 11. Baeteamia aecuata. 



Curve-stalked Apple Moss (a) . 

 Ooloivr. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very long ; thickly radiculosOj innovations many. 

 Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, folded, sheathiag at the base, spreading above, twisted 



when dry, serrulate. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta curved ; capsule pendulous, round. Autumn. 

 Locality. Wet rocks. Fruit rare. 



CONOSTOMUM. 



Fig. 12. Conostomum boeeale. 



Cone-fringe Moss (a) . 

 Colowr. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched, radiculose, half-inch to two inches long; in thick matted tufts. 

 Leaves (6) . Lanceolate, acuminate, imbricated, five-rowed. 

 Flowers and Fruits Dioicous ; capsule roundish, erect, lid beaked ; peristome (c) 



of sixteen deep red, barred teeth, united at the top into a cone. Autumn. 

 Locality. Scottish mountains. 



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