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6. Stems prostrate^ brandies few and irregular; leaves slightly 

 secund ; nerve variable. 



Fig. 7. Hypnum demissum. 



Prostrate Rock Feather Moss {a) . 

 Colour. TeUow green. 



Stems. Prostrate^ filiform^ branches short, obtuse. 



Leaves (h) . Small, erecto-patent, lanceolate, nerveless, margin reflexed. 

 Flotvers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule minute, elliptical, lid rostrate. 



Summer. 

 Locality. On rocks. 



Fig. 8. Hypnum micans. 

 SparMing Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green, shining and glossy. 



Stems. Very slender, branches slender, simple. 



Leaves. Round, apiculate, concave, serrate, base two-nerved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Only found with fertile flowers. 



Locality. Rocks, &c. 



The capsule of this moss being at present unknown, its true place has yet to be 

 ascertaiued. 



7. Leaves tm'ned upwards, secund; stems creeping or neai'ly erect. 



Pig. 9. Hypnum incuevatum. 



Incurved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brown or dark green. 



Stems. Creeping, piunate, branches incm^ved. 



Leaves (b) . Imbricated, secund, turned up (assurgent) , ovate-acuminate, entire, 



base two-nerved. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta red ; capsule minute, brown, ovate, lid 



short. 



