196 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Mowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta slender^ smootli ; capsule shorty ovate j lid 



conical. Winter. 

 Locality. Grassy banks. 



Fig. 6. Hypnum lutescens. 



Rough-stalked Yellow Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Greenish yellow. 



Stems. Nearly erect, branches irregular, sijreadiag. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate, striated ; nerve ceasing below 



the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous; seta long, rough; capsule oblong, cemuous. 



Spring. 

 Locality. Limestone rocks and sandy banks. 



Fig. 7. Hypnum plicatum. 



Plaited-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Procumbent, creeping, branched irregularly ; branches ascending, 



curved. 

 Leaves (b) . Imbricate, ovate-acuminate, nerved above half-way, margin recm'ved ; 



very much plicate. 

 Flowers and Frwit. Dioicous ; capsule ovate-oblong, cemuous ; barren in 



Britain. 

 Locality. Alpine rocks. Ben Lawers, Mr. Lyon in " Bryologia Britannica." 



B. Leaves smooth.^ mostly serrated. 



1. Fruitstalk rough. 



Fig. 8. Htpnum plumosum. 



Rusty Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Rusty. 



Stems. Creeping, pinnate, but also with long erect branches. 



