EXPLANATION 



THE 



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Plate XXIII. 



(</). Leaves ovate, nerve beyond the point. 

 Fig. 1. Bryum uliginosum. 

 Bog Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Short, radiculose, innovations long, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Lanceolate-ovate ; margins, above flat, below recurved ; spreading 

 and erect. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule pendulous ; mouth small and oblique. 

 Summer. 



Locality. Wet places. Common. 



Fig. 2. Bryum pallescens. 

 Tall clustered Thread Moss (a). 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Long, bare below, much branched, radiculose, tufted. 

 Leaves. Large, ovate-lanceolate. 



Floivers and Fruit, Monoicous. Capsule not quite pendulous, irregular; lid 



sharp-pointed (acuminate) . Summer. 

 Locality. Rocks and walls in mountain districts ; but not common. 



Fig. 3. Bryum cernuum. 

 Drooping Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Very pale green. 



Stems. Short, tufted ; radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, concave, radiculose ; very crowded. 



Floivers and Fruit. Synoicous, capsule large, swollen, outer and inner peristome 



adhering. Spring*. 

 Locality. Rocks and walls. 



