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Pig. 2, 3. Phascum. 



Generic Character. 



Very minute. Capsule (fig. 2, a.) globular, splitting at the side, but with a 

 trace, a first thought as it were, of a separate lid ; generally with short fruitstalk. 

 Spores (6) large, smaller than in Archidium, round. Leaves in eight rows. 

 Cellules (fig. 3) large and coarse-looking. 



I. Plants lasting a very short time. Capsule immersed. 

 1 . Growing from a film {thallus) . 



Fig. 4. Phascum seeeatum. 



Serrated Earth Moss [a) . 

 Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Scarcely any ; plants in large patches. 



Leaves (i) . Nearly (sub) erect, lanceolate, strongly serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule brown, nearly (swi) sessile. Spring. 



Locality. Sandy banks and open places. 



Fig. 5. Phascum cohj;eens. 



Clustered Earth Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Hardly any. 



Leaves {b) . Ovate, lanceolate ; nerved to the summit. 



n,oivers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) . Capsule immersed, sub-sessile ; pale brown. 



Locality. On the groimd. Hurst Pierpoint, Sussex. (Mr. Mitten, in " Bryologia 



Britannica.") 



Fig. 6. Phascum sessile, u. j3. Stenophyllum. 



Sessile-fruited Earth Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Scarcely any. 



