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Fig. 10. Pottia Heimii. 



Lance-leaved Pottia (a) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Half-inch long-, branched. 



Leaves. Lanceolate, serrated at the apex ; nerve not excurrent ; margin plane. 

 Capsule. Oblong ; plants polygamous. Spring. 

 Locality. Banks near the sea. 



ANACALYPTA. 



Generic Character. 

 Resembling Pottia., but with a single peristome of sixteen teeth (Fig-. 11), 

 joined by a membrane at the base, lanceolate, entire or imperfectly cloven, some- 

 times perforated. Spores small. 



Fig. 12. Anacalypta Starkeana. 

 Starke's Anacalypta (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Extremely short ; tufted ; annual. 

 Leaves (b) . Oval-lanceolate, margin recurved. 

 Capsule. Very minute, oval. Winter. 

 Locality. Banks and earth. 



Fig. 13. Anacalypta brachyodus. 

 Smallest Anacalypta (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Scarcely any. 



Leaves. Lanceolate-acuminate; nerve broad. 

 Capsule. Oval, seta short. Winter. 

 Locality. Banks. 



