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Fig. 4. Zygodon vieidissimus. 

 Green Yoke Moss (a) . 



Colour. Bright yellow green. 



Stems. Short, not much branched, in the lower part radiculose. 

 Leaves (b) . Apiculate, widely lanceolate, much spreading ; nerve ceasing below 

 the apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long; capsule oval; mouth narrow; ribs 



faint ; lid short. Spring". 

 Locality. On trees and rocks. 



(h) . Capsule with peristome. 



Fig. 5. Zygodon conoideus. 

 Lesser Yoke Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short, tufted. 



Leaves. Broadly lanceolate, tufted. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule pyriform, striated ; beak long; seta long 



and slender. Spring. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees in Scotland. Frecpient in England, but rare in fruit. 



Fig. 6. Zygodon gracilis. 

 Slender Yoke Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brown and black. 



Stems. One inch or more long, slender, branched. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed at the apex, spreading, not tufted. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Barren when found in England. 

 Locality. Malham in Yorkshire. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



