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Fig. 4. Hypnum prj;longum. 



Prolonged Feather Moss («) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Arched or procumbent, doubly (6i) pinnate, branches slender, attenuated, 



numerous. 

 Leaves (b) . Heart-shaped (cordate) acuminate on the stem, lanceolate-acuminate 



on the branches, serrated, spreading in various directions (squarrose) . 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous; seta rough; capsule oblong, cernuous; beak long. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Moist shady banks. 



A very beautiful species, in deep velvet-like patches and mats. 



Fis. 5. Htpnum dispalatum. 



Emerald Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Emerald green. 

 Stems. Procumbent, sub-pinnate. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate, serrulate, nerved above half-way, squarrose, large. 

 Floivers and Fndt. Barren ia Britain. 

 Locality. Clifton, Somerset. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 6. Hypnum Swaetzii. 



Swartz's Feather Moss (n) . . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Procumbent, creeping, not arched, branches short, curved ; few. 



Leaves (6) . Spreading, nearly flat on each side, cordate ; ovate-lanceolate, serrate, 



nerved above half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule short, roundish ovate, not bent at the neck. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Moist banks. 



