86 BRITISH MOSSES. 



CAMPYLOPODIUM. 



Generic Character (Fig. 1) . 



Capsule (a) elliptic-oblong, often several together (aggregate), striated and 

 furrowed ; lid conico-subulate ; annulus large ; calyptra fringed at the base. 

 Peristome (b) of sixteen deeply-cleft teeth, confluent at the base, barred. Stems 

 dichotoniously branched ; leaves crowded in eight rows. Dioicous. 



Fig. 3. Campylopus densus. 

 Thick-tufted Swan-neck Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. In thick tufts ; beset with root-fibres (radicles) . 



Leaves. Lanceolate-subulate, toothed at the summit ; nerve broad ; crowded. 

 Capsule. Brown, oval, very drooping. Winter. 

 Locality. On sandstone rocks, and woods in sandy soil. 



Fig. 4. Campylopus torfaceus. 

 Dwarf Swan-neck Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Tufted, branched j without radicles. 



Leaves (b) . Less crowded than in densus ; base ovate-lanceolate, upper part 



setaceous ; nerve narrow. 

 Capsule. Oval, on long curved seta. Winter. 

 Locality. Turf heaps in moors. 



Campylopus setipolius. 

 Silky Swan-neck Moss. 



Colo'iir. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long and slender. 



Leaves. Spreading, few ; base lanceolate. 



