90 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves. Oblong-lanceolate ; margin recurved ; nerve escurrent. 



Capsule. Very small ; lid large in proportion ; beak short. "Winter. 



Locality. Fallow iields. 



Variety. Pottia cowica (Fig. 5, a) . Leaves ovate-lanceolate ; capsule narrower. 



Fis. 6. Pottia teuncata. 



Common Pottia (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Half-inch long. 



Leaves (6) . Oblong-lanceolate ; margin reflexed ; nerve sometimes excurrent, 



sometimes ceasing below the apes. 



Capsule. Oblongj lid obliquely rostrate. Spring. 



Locality. On earth in fields and banks. 



Fig. 7. Pottia Wilsonii. 



Oval-frwited Pottia (») . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very short; tufted. 



Leaves [b) . In eight rows, ovate-oblong ; nerve excurrent. 



Capsule. Elliptic-oblong, mouth contracted. Spring. 



Locality. Sandy banks. 



Fig. 8. Pottia ceinita. 



Bristly Pottia (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short, thickly tufted. 



Leaves. Ovate-oblong, obtuse, with a bristly point; nerve strong. 



Capsule. ElHptic-oblong, hardly contracted ; calyptra smooth. Spring. 



Locality. Banks and earth on the sea-coast. 



A variety of P. crinita (Fig. 9, a, h,) has longer stems, with larger leaves, 

 a much shorter point. 



