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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Mowers and Fruit. Monoicous, cajosules occasionally two together, horizon tal- 



, pyriform. Summer. 



Locality. Scotch and Welsh mountains. 



Fig. 4. Bryum elongatum. 

 Long-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Slender, with one innovation. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate, apex serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous, capsule rather drooping and slender. Summer. 

 Locality. Rocks, &c. in mountain districts. 



Fig. 5. Bryum crudum. 

 Alpine Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 

 Stems. Simple, radiculose. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate, the upper serrated, reddish and smaller below. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous or dioicous, capsule oval, irregular. Summer. 

 Locality. Banks and rocks. 



Fig. 6. Bryum nutans. 

 Pendulous Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Red, tufted, one to two inches long. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, erect when dry, apex serrulate, margin recurved below. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous, seta long, capsule drooping, oval-pyriform. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Dry banks. 



