EXPLANATION OF TEE PLATES. 101 



Fig. 3. Toetula ambigua. 



Doubtful Screw Moss {a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short. 

 Leaves [b] . Tongue-shaped (Ungulate) , larger than in the last species ; margin 



incurved. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule cylindrical, erect ; calypti'a very short ; 



peristome slightly twisted. Winter. 

 Locality. Common on walls and banks. 



Fig. 4. Toetula ALOiDEa. 



Aloe-leaved Screw Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short. 



Leaves (b) . Very rigid, lanceolate, acute ; nerve strong. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule oblique, cylindrical ; teeth very slightly 



twisted ; Calyptra short. Winter. 

 Locality. On banks. 



II. Nerve naked., narrow. 



Leaves lanceolate or narrow. 

 1. Leaves almost straight when dry. 



Fig. 5. Toetula unguiculata. 



Bird' s-claiv Screiv Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Much tufted, branched, longer. 



Leaves {&) . Oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. 



Mowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule nearly cylitidrical, erect ; lid awl-shaped 



{subulate) . Winter. 

 Locality. Banks. 



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