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Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, crowded, spreading straight (erecto-patent) , nearly 

 straight when dry. 



Flowers and Fruit. Capsule pyriforin, striated, tapering into the fruitstalk, beak 



long. Summer. 

 Locality. Rocks. Common. 



Fig. 22. Oethotbichum phyllanthum. 

 Frizzled Bristle Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 

 Stems. Branched, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Very much crisped and curled when dry ; nerve thick. 



Flowers and Fruit. Always barren, but buds (gemma?) , (c) are found at the 



apex of the leaves. The plate gives their magnified form; with the naked 



eye they appear like brown dust upon the leaf. 

 Locality. Rocks and trees in every part of the world. Abundant on trees in 



Cornwall. 



