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II. Leaves subulate., base lanceolate. 

 Fig. 8. Teichostomum tortile. 



Tivisted-leaved Hair Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Shortj many together^ but not tufted (gregarious) . 



Leaves (b) . Subulate, base lanceolate^ twisted when dry; set sickle-wise (/aZcafe) . 



Mowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule very small, oval. Winter. 



Locality. On sandy banks. Eare. 



Fig. 9. Teichostomum Flexicaule. 

 Slender- stemmed Hair Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellowish green. 



Stents. Very slender and long, waved and bent, tufted. 

 Leaves (b) . Subulate, long, bent when dry, smaller below; glossy. Fructification 



unknown in Britain. 

 Locality. On mountaiu rocks. 



Fig. 10. Teichostomum homomallum. 



Curved-leaved Hair Moss [a) . 



Colour. Yellow green ; seta red. 



Stems. Slender, branched or simple ; tufted. 



Leaves (&) . Subulate, twisting ; nerve broad. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta very long and slender. Capsule oval, small. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Sandy banks. 



Fig. II. Teichostomum glaucesceus. 



Glaucous Hair Moss (a) . 



Colour. Deep glaucous green. 



Stems. Short, in dense tufts. 



Leaves. Lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate ; nerve excurrent. 



Floivers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule oval, seta rather short. Summer. 



Locality. On Scottish moimtains. 



