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Pig. 11. Weissia muceonata. 



Pointed-leaved Weissia (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Shortj branched. 

 Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate^ very long and pointed ; margins nearly flat ; nerve 



prominent, excurrent. 

 Capsule. Ovate-oblong, striated, teeth of peristome short and very soon falling 



off {fugci'Cious) ; seta twisted when dry. Spring. 

 Locality. On fallow ground. 



II. Leaves much crisped when dry., having a perichcetium, teeth of 

 peristome longer. Monoicous. 



Fig. 12. Weissia cikrhata. 



Bent-leaved Weissia {a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Branched, loosely tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, very much bent and spreading in various ways j the 



margin turned back [rejlexed) . 

 Capsule. Brown, contracted at the mouth, varying from oval to cylindrical. 



Spring. 

 Locality. On wood, also on rocks. 



Fig. 13. Weissia ceispula. 



Cwrly-leaved Weissia (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Long, branched, tufted. 

 Leaves. Between lance and awl shaped [lanceolate-suhulate) ,ha,&e rather spreading, 



turned every way, margin flat [plane], nerve strong. 

 Capsule. Oblong-ovate. Spring and Summer. 

 Locality. Rocks in mountainous districts. 



