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Leaves (b) . Acute^ plicate^ margin recurved, imbricated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long ; capsule arcuate, oblong. Rare. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Bogs in Scotland and the north. 



Fig. 3. Hypnum albicans. 



Wliite Feather Moss (a.) 



Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Erect, branches few, irregular. 



Leaves (b) Imbricated ; lanceolate-ovate ; nerve reaching two-thirds of the way. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta one inch long, capsule ovate, cernuous ; rare. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Sandy places among grass. 



Pig. 4. Htpnum glaeeosum. 



Streahy Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Procumbent ; pinnate or irregular. 



Leaves (&) . Crowded ; ovate acuminate ; points very long, slightly serrate at the 



apex ; nerve strong, reaching above half-way. 

 Flowers and, Fruit. Dioicous; seta short, capsule cernuous; lid acuminate. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Banks ; but not common. 



Fig. 5. Hypntjm salebrosum. 



Smooth-stalked' Streahy Feather Moss {a) , 



Colour. Light green. 

 Stems. Procumbent ; slightly pinnate. 



Leaves. Not much striated; nerved more than half-way, almost serrated; ovate- 

 acuminate, points shorter than in the last species. 



