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Fig. 7. Bryum annotinum. 

 Pale-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Bright green. 

 Stems. Short, loosely tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, areolaa large ; nerve ceasing below the apex. 

 Moivers and Fruit. Dioicous, capsule and seta bright red. Summer. 

 Locality. Sandy banks and sandstone rocks. 



Fig. 8. Bryum carneum. 

 Pink-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Short, tufted, often decumbent at the base. 

 Leaves. Areolae large, ovate-lanceolate. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous, seta succulent, bent immediately below the capsule ; 



capsule large in proportion, pink ; annulus none. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist banks. 



(b). Leaves ovate. Dioicous. 

 Fig. 9. Bryum Wahlenbergii. 



Wahlenberg's Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Loosely tufted, short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, apex serrated ; nerve ceasing below it. 

 Fruit. Seta thick, capsule short and thick, lid small. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places. 



Fig. 10. Bryum Ludwigii. 

 Ludwig's Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Fertile stem decumbent at the base, tufted. 



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