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Fig. 10. PoTTiA Heimii. 



Lance-leaved Pottia (a) . 

 Colour. Brownish green. 

 Stems. Half-inch long, branched. 



Leaves. Lanceolate^ serrated at the apex; nerve not excurrent; margin plane. 

 Capsule. Oblong; plants polygamous. Spring. 

 Locality. Banks near the sea. 



ANACALTPTA. 



GrENEEIC CHARACTER. 



ResembUng Pottia, but with a single peristome of sixteen teeth (Fig. 11), 

 joined by a membrane at the base, lanceolate, entire or imperfectly cloven, some- 

 times perforated. Spores small. 



Fig. 12. Anacalypta Starkeana. 



Starke's Anacalypta [a] . 

 Colour. YeUow green. 

 Stems. Extremely short ; tufted ; annual. 

 Leaves (b) . Oval-lanceolate, margin recurved. 

 Capsule. Very minute, oval. Winter. 

 Locality. Banks and earth. 



Fig. 13. Anacalypta beachyodus. 



Smallest Anacalypta (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Scarcely any. 



Leaves. Lanceolate-acuminate; nerve broad. 

 Capsule. Oval, seta short. Winter. 

 Locality. Banks. 



