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Leaves (b) . Ovate^ acuminate, concave, serrated ; nerved to near tlie apex, 



secund. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta one inch long ; capsule cernuous ; lid acute. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Shady places in mountainous districts ; easily distinguished by its 



bright colour. 



Fig. 9. Hypntjm populeum. 



Matted Feather Moss [a] . 



Colour. Yellow green, silky. 



Stems. Creeping, pinnate irregularly, matted. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, margin reflexed, almost (suh) serrulate ; nerved to 



the apex, acuminate. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta short ; capsule ovate, not very cernuous ; 



lid acute, conical, remaining long. Winter. 

 Locality. Walls, &c. Very common. 



Fig. 10. Htpnum eeplexum. 



Refleoied Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. YeUow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, arched, extremities rooting, sub-pinnate. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate acuminate, serrated, nerved to the apex ; heart-shaped 



(cordate), points reflexed when dry ; areolae large. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta short ; capsule small, horizontal, roundish. 



Spring. 

 Locality. Mountains in Scotland. 



Fig. 11. Htpnum glaciale. 



Snow Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. YeUow green. 



Stems. Irregularly pinnate, procumbent; branches with slender ends (attenuated) . 



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