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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves (h) . Spreading, in a tuft at the end of the barren shoots, linear-lanceolate, 

 glossy, and very much waved; nerve ceasing below the apex, which is 

 toothed. 



Capsule. Nearly erect, oblong, striated ; beak very long ; seta very long. 



X. SPUEIA. 



Stems very long, tufted, covered with fibres. Leaves spreading, ovate-lanceo- 

 late. Capsule cernuous. 



Fig. 9. Diceanum scheadeei. 



Broad-leaved Fork Moss (a) . 



Colour. Very yellow green. 



Stems. Two to six inches long, branched. 



Leaves (I) . Ovate-lanceolate at the base, the apex lanceolate, obtuse ; nerve 



prominent, ceasing below the apex, which is toothed. 

 Capsule. Oval-oblong, seta very long. Autumn. 

 Locality. In bogs. Rare. 



Fig. 10. Diceanum spueium. 



Busty Fork Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green ; the stems rusty-looking with the matted fibres. 

 Stems. Two to three inches long, branched. 



Leaves. Large, ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; nerve ceasing below the apex. 

 Capsule. Cernuous, arched, striated. Summer. 

 Locality. On moors and in bogs. Fruit rare. 



XI. PRO CERA, 



Very tall and large. Stems covered with whitish fibres, which are proliferous. 

 Leaves large and glossy, base lanceolate, upper part linear-subulate. Perickastium 

 with more than one fruitstalk. 



