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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 13. Phascum curvicollum. 

 Swan-necked Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 

 Stems. Very short. 



Leaves (b) . Broadly lanceolate, slightly recurved ; nerve excurrent. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule round, on curved pedicel. Winter. 



Locality. Moist banks and fields. 



III. Barren flowers, like buds (gemmiform). 



Fig. 14. Phascum cuspidatum. 

 Horn-leaved Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Green. 

 Steins. Short. 



Leaves (b) . Long, lanceolate, curved like a horn ; nerve strong, excurrent. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule on short pedicle, immersed. Spring - . 

 Locality. Sandy places. Common. 



Very variable ; but the varieties are too minute to interest the general 

 student. 



Fig. 15. Phascum beyoides. 

 Moss-lihe Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Short, with and without branches {simple) . 



Leaves (b) . Ovate lanceolate, concave ; margin turned back {reflexed) ; nerve 



running to a bristly point. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Bari'en flowers sometimes at the end of a branch 



[terminal) . Pedicel long. Capsule with short beak, turning to the right. 



Spring. 



Locality. Banks and fields, in various parts of England ; but rare. 



