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DiCEANUM HETEEOMALLUM. 



SilJcy-leaved Fork Moss. 

 Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Simple or branched^ one inch long^ in patches. 

 Leaves {b) . Crowded^ lanceolate and roimded {setaceous) , slightly toothed at the 



apex ; nerre strong, curved and crisped, silky. 

 Capsule. Nearly erect, or bent backwards, ovate, in folds [•plicate) when dry. 



Whiter. 

 Locality. Banks. Common. 



VII. FALCATA. 



Stems densely tufted, branched, generally trailing (decumbent) , at the base, 

 not much rooted. Leaves sickle-shaped {falcate), secimd. Capsule cemuous, 

 strumose ; beak long. 



DiCEANUM BlTTTII. 



Bidl Fork Moss (Plate X. Fig. 1 a) . 

 Colour. DuU green. 



Stems. Forked, tufted, very brittle, branches breaking short off. 

 Leaves. Bent {flexuose) secund, base sheathiag, upper part lanceolate subulate; 



nerve prominent. 

 Capsule. Cemuous, with a struma, not striated. Summer. 

 Locality. On mountahi rocks. 



Fig. 2. Diceanum Staekii. 

 StarJc's Fork Moss {a) . 



Colour. Yellow and brown green. 

 Stems. One inch or more in length, branched, tufted. 



Leaves {b.) Falcate, secund, base lanceolate, upper part subulate and rounded 

 {setaceous) . 



