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Locality. Walls and trunks of trees in places liable to inundation, in the new- 

 red sandstone. 



Fig. 15. Hypnum eutabuldm. 



Bough-stalked Feather Moss {a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Procumbent, extremity rooting, branched irregularly, branches erect. 



Leaves. Large, thin, ovate-acuminate, serrulate, slightly striated when dry, nerved 



to above half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicovis ; seta long, very rough ; capsule rather large, 



arched, oblong ; lid conical. Winter. 

 Locality. Walls and trees, &c. Very common. 



Fig. 16. Htpnum eivulaee. 



Rivulet Feather Moss [a] . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branches long, slender, attenuated. 



Leaves (&) . Ovate, delta-shaped (deltoid) , serrated, striated, nerve to above half- 

 way. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long ; capsule ovate, cernuous ; lid conical, 

 barren when growing in water. Winter. 



Locality. By i-ivulets in shady places, and in water. 



