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BRITISH MOSSES. 



III. Stems longer, leaves not crisped, peristome inclined to the right. 



Dioicous. 



Fig. 14. Weissia verticillata. 



WJwrled Weissia (a) . 



Colour. Leaves sea-green {glaucous) ; capsule reel-brown. 

 Stems. Half-inch long*, branched, fastigiate. 



Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, toothed (denticulate) at the base, erect, margin 



plane ; nerve strong and excurrent. 

 Capsule. Oval. Peristome inserted below the mouth of the capsule. Summer. 

 Locality. On wet rocks. 



RHABDOWEISSIA. 



STREAK MOSS (Figs. 15-17). 



Fig. 15. Generic Character. 



Capsule (a) erect, oval, with eight longitudinal ribs (strice) furrowed. 

 Peristome single, teeth sixteen, red, much jointed. Annulus narrow. Lid (b) 

 with an inclined beak. Leaves much crowded. 



T. Peristome soon falling (fugacious) , teeth subulate. 



Fig. 16. Rhabdoweissia prigea. 

 Minute Streak Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Half-inch long, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, acute, nerve strong, margins flat (plane) . 

 Capsule. Roundish oval, beak long. Summer. 

 Locality. Damp crevices of rocks, &c. 



