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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves (b) . Small, oblong-lanceolate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule oblong-ovate ; lid subulate. 

 Locality. Walls and bare places. 



Fig. 14. Tortula cuneifolia. 

 " Wedge-leaved Screw Moss (a). 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short, growing many together, but not tufted (gregarious) . 

 Leaves. Large, wedge-shaped. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule oval; seta long. Spring. 

 Locality. On banks near the sea. Rare. 



Fig. 15. Tortula oblongifolia. 

 Strap-leaved Screw Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 

 Stems. Short, gregarious. 



Leaves (b) . Strap-shaped ; nerve running to a point. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule cylindrcial. Winter. 



Locality. Moist banks near Dublin. Mr. Drummond, in " Bryologia Britannica." 



Fig. 16. Tortula oblongifolia. 



Wilson's Strap-leaved Screiv Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, gregarious. 



Leaves (b) . Strap-shaped, narrower than the last ; nerve in a longer point. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) . Capsule subulate ; seta slightly curved. 

 Locality. (?) . 



