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Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate^ bent almost round (circinnate) , secund, very con- 



cave^ apex serrulate^ nerved more than half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta very long, capsule oblong, cernuous ; rare. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Bogs and marshes. 



Fig. 4. Hypnum veenicosdii. 



Slender Green Feather Moss [a] . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Longj slender, irregularly pinnate, branches short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, entire, nerveless, secund, areolae large. 



Flowers and Fruit. Barren in Britain. 



Locality (?) . Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 5. Htpnum exannulatum. 



Cusp-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, pinnate, branches cusped at the ends. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, with long cusped points, entire ; nerve strong, 



nearly to the apes. 

 Ftowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) ; capsule cernuous, ovate, seta two inches long. 

 Locality. Wet places (?) Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 6. HTPmnvt Wiisomi. 



Mr. Wilson's Feather Moss (a) . 



Golov/r. Tellow green. 



Stems. Long, piunate, branches very few, short, drooping at the ends. 



Leaves ih) . Oblong-lanceolate, scattered, with long cusped points, nerve reaching 



more than half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) ; capsule large, ovate, cernuous, Hd conical. 



Summer. 

 Locality (?X. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



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