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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves (b) . Broadly lanceolate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule on short seta, with eight striae ; calyptra hairy. 



Barren flower at first terminal, but afterwards at the base of the young 



branches. Spring. 

 Locality. Very rare. Conway Castle. Mr. Wilson. 



Fig. 9. Oethoteichum Stuemii. 

 Stwm's Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Blackish green. 



Stems. One inch long, branched. 



Leaves. Broadly lanceolate ; nerve strong. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule eight furrowed, immersed. Summer. 

 Locality. Very rare. Luggielow, county Wicklow. Mr. Wilson. 



Fig. 10. Orthoteichum Shawii. 

 Shaw's Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Short, sparingly branched. 



Leaves. Large, lanceolate, slightly serrated at the apex, closely set. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule eight furrowed, immersed. 



Locality. Very rare. On an ash-tree near Dailly, Ayrshire. Mr. Wilson. 



PLATE XVIII. 

 Fig. 1. Orthoteichum saxitile 

 Tufted Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. One inch long, with short, tuft-like branches. 

 Leaves (b) . Rounded-lanceolate, spreading. 

 Flowers and, Fruit. Capsule small (exserted) . Summer. 

 Locality. On walls. Rare. 



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