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Fig. 14. Bryum neodamense. 

 Large-leaved Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Pale green. 

 Stems. Long, slender. 



Leaves (b) . Few and large, erect, ovate, apiculate, in a tuft at the summit. 

 Fruit. Not known in Britain. 



Locality. Very rare. Mr. Wilson's MS. In East Cornwall. 



Fig. 15. Bryum lacustre. 

 Small-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Very short, with innovations. 



Leaves (b) . Broadly ovate, obtuse ; margin recurved ; nerve either reaching to 



the apex or ceasing below it. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsule pyriform, pendulous, small. Summer. 

 Locality. Moist sandy places. 



Fig. 16. Bryum Werneum. 

 W erne's Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Half-inch long-, innovations many. 

 Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, apiculate, tufted. 



Fruit. Seta long, bent below the capsule ; capsule large, contracted in the 



middle, pendulous. 

 Locality. Very rare. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 17. Bryum Pseudotriquetrum. 



Alpine-bog Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Brownish, very dark. 



Stems. In patches, one to three inches long, with innovations. 



