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(b) . Stems longer, brancliecl. Capsule oval. Annulus persistent. 



Fig. 3. Gymnostomum eupestke. 



Roch Beardless Moss (a) . 



Colour. BrigM green. 



Stems. Half- inch long, branched, with roots from the junction of the branch 



and stem {axil) . 

 Leaves (b) . Much crowded, liaear-lanceolate, obtuse ; nerve ceasing below the 



point. 

 Capsule. Oval, thin of textiu'e, brownish and polished; rather incliaed. Autumn. 

 Locality. On wet rocks, in mountain districts. 



Fig. 4. Gymnostomum cuevieosteum. 



Curve-heahed Beardless Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Grass green. 

 Stems. Half-inch long, branched, thickly covered with roots, plants closely 



tufted. 

 Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, acute, margins recurved, spreading. 

 Capsule. Ovate, large comparatively, lid with a long curved beak. Autumn. 

 Locality. Moist rocks in mountain districts. 



II. Monoicous. Leaves crisped when dry., their margins never recurved. 



{a) . Capsule contracted at the mouth, sporangium united to the 

 summit of the coliunella. 



Fig. 5. Gymnostomum squaeeosum. 



Spreading-leaved Beardless Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Quarter of an inch or more long ; in loose tufts. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading every way [squarrose) , lanceolate ; nerve excurrent. 



Capsule. Ovate, lid beaked. Spring. 



Locality. On earth, in fields, &c. 



