76 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves. Transparentj lanceolate, bent, obtuse, serrated at the apex, with glands 



{papillose) on both sides. 

 Capsule. Ovate, cernuous, lid beaked. Autumn. 

 Locality. In wet places, near spray. 

 Va/riety (c) . Fagimontanum. Stems shorter, leaves shorter. 



Fig. 6. Dicbantjm squaeeosum. 



Drooping-leaved Fork Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green ; transparent. 



Stems.' Long, forked. 



Leaves. Set out from the stem, and rather tm'ned back {squarrose) , lanceolate, 



base broad and sheathing ; nerve narrow, not reaching to the apes. 

 Capsule. Cernuous, beak short. Autumn. 

 Locality. Wet places ia mountain districts. 



IV. CRISPA. 



Tufted. Stems short, rooting from the lower part. Leaves sheathing at the 

 base, glossy. Monoicous or dioicous. Capsule cernuous. 



Fig. 7. Diceanum Scheebeei. 



Sheath-leaved Fork Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Half-inch long, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Upper part very narrow, suddenly spreading into a very broad base, 



crisped when dry ; nerve ceasing below the point, toothed near the apex. 

 Capsule. Ovate-cemuous. Lid large, beaked. Autumn. 

 Locality. On earth in wet places. Rare. 



Fig. 8. Dicbanum Geevilleanum. 



Greville's Fork Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



