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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 14. Anacalypta ciESPiTosA. 



Round-fruited Anacalypta (a) . 



Colour. 



Dark green, tipped with lighter. 

 Very short, tufted. 



Oblong-lanceolate; margin flat, concave ; nerve strong. 

 Ovate ; beak long. Spring. 

 On chalk hills. 



Stems. 

 Leaves. 

 Capsule. 

 Locality 



Fig. 15. Anacalypta lanceolata. 



Lance-leaved Anacalypta (a) . 



Colour. 



Grass green. 



Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves (&). Lanceolate-ovate; nerve strong, excurrent; leaves large in proportion 

 to the plant. 



Capsule. Erect, oval-oblong, bright brown, shining. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist banks. 



Colour. Yellow green, or silvery. 



Stems. Like small bulbs ; very short. 



Leaves (b) . Imbricated, widely ovate, glossy, concave. 



Capsule. Oval-oblong, beak short. Spring. 



Locality. In Scotland ; but rare. 



Fig. 16. Anacalypta latipolia. 



Broad-leaved Anacalypta (a) . 



