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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 18. Oethoteichum ceispum. 

 Great Curled Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Tufted, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Very long-, linear-lanceolate, very much twisted, waved, dilated at 

 the base. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule with a long apophysis, which gradually tapers into 



the pedicel, ribs eight, broad. Autumn. 

 Locality. Common on trees. 



Fig. 19. Oethoteichum Bruchii. 

 Bruch's Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched, thickly tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Linear-lanceolate, thickly tufted. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule small, on long pedicel ; calyptra naked. Summer. 

 Locality. On trees. Rare. 



Fig. 20. Orthoteichum Deummondii. 



Drummond's Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Creeping, branched ; branches erect. 



Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, dilated at the base ; nerve keeled. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule large, oblong ; seta long ; calyptra torn at the base. 

 Autumn. 



Locality. Trees in Scotland and Ireland. 



Fig. 21. Oethoteichum Hutchinsii. 

 Miss Hutchins' Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, branched, tufted. 



