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conical. — Hook. &; Wils. t. xxiv. ; Eng. Bot. t. 1621.; (Plate 

 8, fig. 2) j Moug. §■ Nest. n. 43. 



On heaths, banks, in woods, moors, etc. Common. Fruit 

 ripe in autumn, but rare. 



Dioicous ; forming tall, rather rigid tufts of a yellowish- 

 green or tawny. Stem erect, divided irregularly, the branches 

 pinnate, quite devoid of rootlets, sometimes obtuse, but some- 

 times pointed, drooping and taking root; leaves imbricated, 

 erecto-patent, obtuse, entire, elliptic or ovato-oblong, blunt, 

 shortly two-nerved or with the base merely slightly thickened ; 

 margin slightly reflexed at the base ; fruitstalk even, an inch 

 or more long, twisted different ways above and below ; spo- 

 rangium small, oblong, curved, cernuous; lid convex. 



This beautiful, shining, red-stemmed Moss is distinguished 

 from H. purum by the absence of the apiculus in the leaves, 

 which are almost nerveless, and the oblong not ovate sporan- 

 gium. 



** Leaves nerved halfway. 



52. H. purum, L. ; stem erect, forked; branches simply 

 pinnate; leaves closely imbricated, concave, turgid, elliptic 

 with a reflexed apiculus, narrow at the base ; nerve reaching 

 halfway; fruitstalk even; sporangium elliptic, regular, hori- 

 zontal ; lid conical. — Hook. §■ Wils. t. xxiv. ; Eng. Bot. t. 

 1599, 2189, /. 2. ; (Plate 8, fig. 3) ; Moug. §• Nest. n. 44. 



On shady banks. Very common. Bearing fruit, though 

 not commonly, in autumn. 



Dioicous ; forming soft tufts of a very pale green. Branches 

 pinnate, obtuse ; leaves broadly elliptic, narrow at the base, 

 where the cells are larger, entire, glossy, membranous j nerve 

 reaching about halfway ; margin recurved at the base ; fruit- 

 stalk even, an inch long, brittle ; sporangium ovate, horizon- 

 tal, cernuous; lid conical. 



