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III. Plants much larger in all their parts. Lid with long beak. Elatiores. 



Mouoicous. 

 Fig. 12. Geimmia Schtjltzii. 



Great Grimmia (a) . 



Colour. Yellowish green. 



Stems. Branched and tufted, very tall. 



Leaves (h) . Much crowded, lanceolate, with recurved margins, gradually tapering 



to a rough poiut. 

 Owpsule. Seta short, much curved ; annulus large ; teeth very long and slender ; 



the upper part generally falling with the lid. Summer. 

 Locality. Sub-alpine rocks. 



Fig. 13. Grimmia Haetmanii. 



Hartmann's Grimmia (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Long, linear-lanceolate, hair-point short. 



Barren in Britain. 

 Locality. Near Conway. 



Dioicous. 



Fig. 14". Geimmia patens. 



Spreading-leaved Grimmia (a) . 

 Colour. Greenish black. 

 Stems. Long, tufted, leaves few at the base. 



Leaves (b) . Rather obtuse, very spreading ; nerve with two wings. 

 Capsule. Furrowed when dry ; seta much curved ; often appearing to be from 



the side, in consequence of the branching of the stem. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist rooks. 



