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apiculus, which is often rather long and fiexuose, and recurved. 



Hab. In similar situations ; very rare. Ben Lawers. Fr. summer. 



Easily distinguished from the first species by the characters italicised. M. julacea 

 may sometimes be found with the leaves a little less closely imbricated than usual and 

 with minute points to the leaves, but with no real approach to this species. 



94. LESKEA Hedw. 



Primary stems creeping, not stoloniform, irregularly divided, 

 the divisions procumbent, with numerous erect or spreading 

 branches. Leaves of stems and branches uniform, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, nerve single. Capsule erect, symmetrical or slightly curved, 

 more or less cylindric ; seta arising from the primary stem. 

 Peristome double ; inner with the basal membrane short or none, 

 cilia absent. 



A genus of mosses for the most part slender and of soft texture, 

 at any rate in the European species, though some tropical species 

 are more robust. They differ from Anomodon principally in the 

 position of the fruit. 



JLs. ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, nerve ceasing below apex 1. polycarfa 



\Ls. narrowly acuminate, nerve strong, reaching apex 2. nervosa 



1. Leskea polycarpa Ehrh. (Tab. L. F.). 



Slender, stems prostrate, pinnately or bipinnately branched ; 

 branches short, erect, curved, or prostrate ; bright or dull green 

 in somewhat intricate close patches, hardly -j-inch high ; stems 

 1-2 inches long, soft in texture. Leaves erecto-patent or secund, 

 loosely incumbent when dry, small, less than £ line in length, 

 ovate-lanceolate, shortly pointed or obtuse, soft, entire, margin 

 slightly recurved in the lower half, nerve vanishing considerably 

 below apex, strong below ; areolation hexagonal, pellucid, thin- 

 walled, more or less papillose at back, almost uniform throughout 

 the leaf, at base a little enlarged and more rectangular. Seta 

 about f-inch long, reddish ; capsule cylindric, narrow, tapering 

 at base, i-ii lines long, erect, straight or slightly curved, finally 

 reddish brown, lightly contracted below the mouth when dry ; lid 

 elongate-conical, rather acute ; calyptra whitish ; peristome teeth 

 long, whitish, connivent when dry, processes as long as the teeth. 

 Autoicous. 



Hab. At the foot of trees by water, common. Fr. summer. 



