60 BRITISH M088E8. 



Fig. 19. Phascum alteenipolium. 



Alternate-leaved Earth Moss (a) . 

 Oolowr. Greenish brown. 



Stems. Quarter to half inch long^ often with innovations. 



Leaves (i) . SubnlatOj very long, base dilated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule immersed, on a short pedicel. Spi'ing. 



Locality. On earthy places, not rare. 



VI. Stems more or less branched. Plants perennial. Leaves linear 

 lanceolate. Capsule with traces of a divided {dehiscent) lid. 



Fig. 20. Phascijm ckispum. 



Cm-ly -leaved Earth Moss [a] . 

 Colour. Pale yellow-green. 



Stems. Short, branches equal (fasUgiate) . 



Leaves (b) . Linear lanceolate ; nerve excurrent. 



Floivers and Fruit. MonOicous. Capsule round, set obliquely; lid separating 



easily. Spring. 



Locality. Banks and fields. 



Fig. 21. Phascum multicapsulaeb. 



Many-capsuled Earth Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. One-quarter to one-half inch long. 



Leaves {b) . Lanceolate, margin flat (plane) ; nerve strong, excurrent. Crisped 



when dry. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule round. Beak half as long, oblique, 



sometimes two together. Spring. 

 Locality. In fields. Rare. 



Fig. 22. Phascum eostellatum. 



Beaked Earth Moss (a.) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Very short, ia tufts, simple or branched. 



Leaves (b) . Linear lanceolate, obtuse, crisped when dry ; nerve shortly excurrent. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule elliptical, brown, on a pedicel, erect. 



Beak oblique. Autumn and Spring. 



Locality. On dried beds of pools in various parts of England. 



