78 BBITI8H M088E8. 



Fig. 11. DicEANUM eupescens. 



Bed Forh Moss («) . 

 Colour. Red brown. 



Stems. Half-inoli long^ not much branched. 

 Leaves. Linear-lanceolate, margin plane ; very slightly toothed. 

 Capsule. Eedj set straight on the seta, but the seta itself bent and twisted 



rovmd ; ovate, lid conical. Winter. 

 Locality. Common on moist sandy banks. 



VI. HETEROMALLA. 



Stems half-inch to one inch long, csespitose. Leaves secund, lanceolate, glossy. 

 Dioicous. Capsule cernuous or nearly erect, striated, beak long. 



Fig. 12. Diceanuh stibulatum. 



Awl-leaved Fork Moss [a) . 

 Colow. Grass green. 



Stems. Half-inch long, in loose tufts. 



Leaves. Secund, those at the base lanceolate, the upper lanceolate-subulate ; 



nerve prominent. 

 Capsule. Cernuous, ovate, beak long, seta red. Autumn. 

 Locality. Shady banks in mountainous regions in the north of England and 



Scotland. 



DiCEANUM CEEVICULATUM. 



8pw-neclied Forh Moss. 

 Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Half-iuch long, not much branched, tufted. 



Leaves. Lanceolate-subulate, base broad and sheathing; nerve broad and strong; 



spreadiug. 

 Capsule. Roundish oval, strumose, furrowed when dry and empty ; beak long ; 



seta long and yellow. Summer. 

 Locality. Common on banks. 



