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Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, larger above, bordered ; nerve reaching beyond 

 the apex. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long and slender; capsule rather long. 

 Summer. 



Locality. Wet places, rocks and banks. 



Fig. 18. Bryum Alpinuh. 

 Alpine Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Eed brown. 



Stems. Radiculose, with innovations. 



Leaves (b) . Much crowded, imbricated ; margin recurved, erect ; nerve rigid, 

 beyond the apex. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta bent below, arched below the capsule ; 



capsule red. Summer. 

 Locality. Moist rocks. Fruit rare. 



Fig. 19. Beyum turbinatum. 

 Pear-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Short, branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, concave ; margin flat ; nerve to the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule pyriform, but not found in Britain. 

 Summer. 



Locality. Scarwheel, Manchester; near Fakenham, Norfolk. Mr. Fitt. 



Fig. 20. Bryum pallens. 

 Pale-leaved Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Short, branches long and slender. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, ovate-lanceolate, bordered ; nerve excurrent. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long ; capsule pyriform, neck long, lid 



pointed. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places. 



