58 BRITISH M0S8ES. 



Fig. 13. Phascum cuevicollum. 



8ivan-7iecked Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Very short. 



Leaves (6) . Broadly lanceolate, slightly recurved ; nerve excurrent. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. CajDsule round, on curved pedicel. Winter. 



Locality. Moist banks and fields. 



III. Barren flowers, like' buds {gemmiform) . 



Fig. 14. Phascum cuspidathm. 



Jlorn-leaved Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Green. 



Stems. Short. 



Leaves (b) . Long, lanceolate, curved like a horn ; nerve strong, excurrent. 



Flower's and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule on short pedicle, immersed. Spring. 



Locality. Sandy places. Common. 



Very variable ; but the varieties are too minute to interest the general 

 student. 



Fig. 15. Phascum betoides. 

 Moss-lihe Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. DuU green. 



Stems. Short, with and without branches (simple) . 



Leaves [b] . Ovate lanceolate, concave ; margin turned back (rejlexed) ; nerve 



running to a bristly point. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Barren flowers sometimes at the end of a branch 



{terminal) . Pedicel long. Capsule with short beak, turning to the right. 



Spring. 

 Locality. Banks and fields, in various parts of England ; but rare. 



