182 SBITI8H M088I18. 



Leaves (h) . Lignlatej serrated above^ much crowded. 



Floiuers and Fruit. Monoicous; capsule narrow^ in clinedj rostrate. Spring (?) . 



Locality. Bedd Gelert, Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Pig. 11. FissiDENs taxifolius. 



Yew-leaved Fern Moss {a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Branched from the base^ clustered, half-iach long. 



Leaves (h) . Ligulate, apiculate ; nerve transparent and sometimes waved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; both barren and fertile flowers almost upon the 



root ; capsule inclinedj cernuous, beak long. Winter. 

 Locality. Moist banks. 



Pig. 12. Pissidens tamaeindifolius. 



Short-leaved Fern Moss (») . 

 Colour. Light green. 

 Stems. Very short, fasciculate. 



Leaves. Elliptical, slightly falcate, few, distant apiculate, border transparent. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta from the base of the barren shoots, long, 



red J capsule curved, lid conical. Spring. 

 Locality. Banks and fallow ground. 



