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Fig. 8. Hypnum saementosum. 



Twiggy Feather Moss {a) . 



Colour . Brown or purple. 



Stems. Prostrate^ long^ pinnate ; branches short and cuspidate. 



Leaves (b) . Elliptic-oblongj blixntj concave^ nerved almost to the apex ; base 



transparent. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) capsule only found in Norway. 

 Locality. Wet Alpiae rocks^ in Scotland and Wales. 



Fig. 9. Htpnum Giganticum, 



Gigantic Feather Moss (a) . 



Oolour. Dark Green. 



Stems. Very long, regularly pinnate, ends of branches slightly curved. 



Leaves (b) . Oblong-lanceolate, entire, nerved, imbricated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) fertile, branches much smaller ; seta two to 



three inches long; capsule ovate, cernuous, lid conical. 

 Locality. Bogs. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



The etching is from a specimen of this magnificent moss, kindly sent the writer . 

 by the late Mr. John Nowell. It is impossible to mistake the species, which in 

 colour and habit resembles a miniature spruce-fir. 



Fig. 10. Hypnum coedipqlium. 

 Heart-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Oolov/r. Greenish yellow. 



Stems. Very long, erect, pinnate ; branches spreading, attenuated. 



Leaves (b) . Heart-shaped, loosely imbricated, large, spreading, obtuse, entire ; 



areolae large ; nerved almost to the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous, seta two to three inches long ; capsule oblong, lid 



conical. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places. 



