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Fig. 13. Htpnum euscifolium. 



Long-heahed Water Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Creeping, branches procumbent, few, irregular. 



Leaves (&) . Roundish ovate, serrated, nerved almost to the apex, broad, spread- 

 ing on each side. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule ovate, cernuous, lid rostrate. Winter. 

 Locality. Rocks and stones near water. 



Fig. 14. Hypnum conpeetum. 



Clustered Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Creeping, pinnate, branches nearly erect, in patches. 



Leaves (&) . Much crowded, secund, concave, ovate-acuminate, nearly serrate, 



nerved half-way. 

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



brown. Autumn. 

 Locality. Rocks and walls, &c. 



Fig. 15; Hypnum megapolitanum. 



Overlooked Feather Moss (b) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. CreepiDg, branches attenuated. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, serrate, erecto-patent; nerve very short. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) . Seta long ; capsule small, short; lid long. 



Locality. Rocks and Walls (?) . Mr. Wilson's MS. 



