86 BRITISH MOSSES. 



CAMPYLOPODIUM. 



Genekic Chaeactee (Fig. 1) . 



Capsule (a) elliptic-oblongs often several together {aggregate), striated and 

 furrowed ; lid conico-subulate ; annulus large ; calyptra fringed at the base. 

 Peristome (&) of sixteen deeply-cleft teeth, confluent at the base, barred. Stems 

 dichotomously branched ; leaves crowded in eight rows. Dioicous. 



Fig. 3. Campylopus densus. 



TMclc-tufted Sivan-neck Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. In thick tufts ; beset with root-iibres (^radicles) . 



Leaves. Lanceolate-subulate, toothed at the summit; nerve broad; crowded. 

 Capsule. Brown, oval, very drooping. Winter. 

 Locality. On sandstone rocks, and woods in sandy soil. 



Fig. 4. Campylopus toefacetjs. 



Dwa/rf Swan-neck Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Tufted, branched; without radicles. 



Leaves (b) . Less crowded than in densus ; base ovate-lanceolate, upper part 



setaceous ; nerve narrow. 

 Capside. Oval, on long curved seta. Winter. 

 Locality. Turf heaps in moors. 



Campylopus setipolius. 



Silky Swan-neck Moss. 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Long and slender. 

 Leaves. Spreading, few ; base lanceolate. 



