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Leaves (b) . Somewhat ligulate, apiculate^ not bordered ; rather curved upwards, 



rigid. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule cyliadrical, beak long. Spring. 

 Locality. Wet rocks in various parts of England; north of England. Mr. Wilson. 



Common in Cornwall. 



Fig. 8. Fissidens asplenoideSj {Var. Polyphyllus) . 

 Fern-lihe Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Three to twelve inches long, branches arcuate. 



Leaves (b) . Ligulate, obtuse, cm'ved when dry ; nerve broad. 



Flowers and Ikuit. Dioicous ; barren in Britain. 



Locality. Wet rocks among mountains. 



II. Fruit Lateral. 

 Fig. 9. Fissidens adiantoides. 



Marsh Fern Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Long, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Crowded, larger towards the middle, and becoming smaller again 



at the top, ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; areola large. 

 Flowers and Frwit. Monoicous : capsule oval-oblong, inclined ; lid rostrate. 



Spring. 

 Locality. Shady banks and wet places. 



Fig. 10. Fissidens eupesteis. 

 Mock Fern Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Branched, arcuate. 



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