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Fig. 2, 3. Phascum. 



Generic Character. 



Very minute. Capsule (fig. 2, a.) globular, splitting at the side, but with a 

 trace, a first thought as it were, of a separate lid ; generally with short fruitstalk. 

 Spores (b) large, smaller than in Archidium, round. Leaves in eight rows. 

 Cellules (fig. 3) large and coarse-looking*. 



I. Plants lasting a very short time. Capsule immersed. 

 J . Growing' from a film (thallus) . 



Fig. 4. Phascum serratum. 

 Serrated. Earth Moss {a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Scarcely any ; plants in large patches. 



Leaves (b) . Nearly (sub) erect, lanceolate, strongly serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule brown, nearly (sub) sessile. Spring. 



Locality. Sandy banks and open places. 



Fig. 5. Phascum coh^rens. 

 Clustered Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Hardly any. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, lanceolate • nerved to the summit. 



Floivers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) . Capsule immersed, sub-sessile ; pale brown. 

 Locality. On the ground. Hurst Pierpoint, Sussex. (Mr. Mitten, in " Bryologia 

 Britannica.") 



Fig. 6. Phascum sessile, u. (3. Stenophyllum. 

 Sessile-fruited Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Scarcely any. 



