106 BRITISH MOSSES. 



5. Plants with the lower portion of the peristome united into a tube. 



Fig. 21. Toetula subulata. 



Awl-leaved Screw Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Dark green. •■ 



Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves (&) . Oblong-ovate ; nerve in long point. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule large and long, cylindrical. Summer. 



Locality. Hedge banks. 



Variety. Subinerucis. — Leaves crowded ; point, hardly any ; capsule short. 



6. Plants taller, branched. 



Fig. 22. Toetula latifolia. 



Wide-leaved Screw Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. In patches. 



Leaves (&) . Spreading, recurved, crisped when dry ; nerve hardly excurrent. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule oblique, small ; very rare. Summer. 

 Locality. About trees and in damp places. 



Fig. 23. Toetula l^vipila. 



Small Hairy Screiv Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark, with emerald green tips. 



Stems. Tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, ovate-oblong ; nerve rmming into a long white point. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule curved, cylindrical ; peristome almost 



whoUy tubular. Summer. 

 Locality. Trees and rocks. 



Fig. 24. Toetula euealis. 



Great Hairy Screw Moss {a) . 



Colour. Dark, tipped with yellow green. 

 Stems. Long and branched ; tufted. 



