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Leaves [b) . Much crowded, circinnatej secund, subulate, base broad and sheatliing. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule oblong, cernuous, lid conical. June. 

 Locality. Walls and rocks. 



Fig. 10. Hypnum falcatum. 



SicMe-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Pinnate, slender, branches irregular. 



Leaves. Sickle-shaped, turned every way, base sheathing, points bent to the back 



of the branch, serrated. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) ; seta long, capsule curved, oblong. Summer. 

 Locality. Walls and rocks, sometimes on the ground. 



Fig. 11. Htpnixm commutatum. 



Curled Fern Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, thick with radicles, pinnate, branches very slender, ends 



cusped. 

 Leaves (b) . Circinnate, secund, twisted when dry, lanceolate, striated. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule very large, oblong, cernuous. Spring. 

 Locality. Wet places. 



Fig. 12. Hypnum filicinum. 



Lesser Golden Fern Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branches slender, stem with radicles. 



Leaves (b) . Falcate, secund, ovate lanceolate. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long, capsule narrow, cernuous. Spring. 



Locality. Wet places, chiefly in limestone. 



