102 BRITISH MOSSES. 



IJiG. 6. TORTULA PALLAX. 



Fallacious Screw Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched^ tufted. 



Leaves (h) . Spreading, lanceolate ; margin recurved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule nearly cylindrical ; lid rostrate. Winter. 



Varieties. Brevicaulis. — stems stort ; leaves wavy ia the margin. 



Brevifolia. — Leaves short. 



Recurvifolia. — Leaves widely spreading, recurved (Fig. 7, a, b) . Now 

 considered a species. 

 Locality. Banks, ia clayey soils. 



Fig. 8. Toetula vinealis. 



Soft- tufted Screw Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Tufted, long. 



Leaves {b) . Linear-lanceolate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta very long ; capsule thicker and elliptical, 



with an annulus. Spring. 

 Locality. Common on walls. 



2. Leaves twisted when dry. 

 Fig. 9. Toetula toetuosa. 



Curly-leaved Screiv Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Long, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Very long, in a large tuft at the end of the stem, much twisted. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule ovate. Summer. 



Locality. Limestone rocks. 



