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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 19. Phascum altebnifolium. 



Alternate-leaved Earth Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Greenish, brown. 



Stems. Quarter to half inch long, often with innovations. 

 Leaves (b) . Subulate, very long, base dilated. 



Floivers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule immersed, on a short pedicel. Spring. 

 Locality. On earthy places, not rare. 



VI. Stems more or less branched. Plants 'perennial. Leaves linear 

 lanceolate. Capsule with traces of a divided {dehiscent) lid. 



Fig. 20. Phascum ceispum. 



Curly-leaved Earth Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Pale yellow-green. 



Stems. Short, branches equal (fasUgiate) . 



Leaves (b) . Linear lanceolate ; nerve excurrent. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule round, set obliquely; lid separating 



easily. Spring. 

 Locality. Banks and fields. 



Fig. 21. Phascum multicapsulaee. 

 Many -cap sided Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. One-quarter to one-half inch long. 



Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, margin flat (plane) ; nerve strong, excurrent. Crisped 

 when dry. 



Floivers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule round. Beak half as long, oblique, 



sometimes two together. Spring. 

 Locality. In fields. Rare. 



Fig. 22. Phascum eostellatum, 

 Beahed Earth Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Very short, in tufts, simple or branched. 



Leaves (b) . Linear lanceolate, obtuse, crisped when dry ; nerve shortly excurrent. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule elliptical, brown, on a pedicel, erect. 



Beak oblique. Autumn and Spring - . 

 Locality. On dried beds of pools in various parts of England. 



