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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 4. Trichostomum elavovirens. 

 Yellow-green Hair Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, large, crisped when dry, tufted at the end. 



Capsule. (?) 



Locality. Sussex. Mr. Mitten. 



Fig. 5. Trichostomum tophaceum. 

 Blunt-leaved Hair Moss (a) . 



Colour. Deep green. 



Stems. Tufted, with long slender shoots (innovations) . 

 Leaves (b) . Broadly lanceolate, smaller below. 



Mowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long, capsule ovate-cylindrical, erect. 



Autumn. 

 Locality. Moist rocks. 



Fig. 6. Trichostomum rigidulum. 

 Stiff-leaved Hair Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Simple or branched, in tufts ; one inch or more in length. 

 Leaves (b) . Spreading, stiff and thick, oblong-lanceolate ; keeled, margin 

 recurved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule cylindrical, seta long and slender. 

 Winter. 



Locality. Moist places, and near waterfalls. 



Fig. 7. Trichostomum neglectum. 

 Neglected Hair Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Simple or branched, in tufts ; half-inch long. 



L eaves (b) . Rather spreading, lanceolate, suddenly narrowed above the middle ; 



the nerve running to a point. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule oval, erect. 



