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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 4. Bryum inclinatum. 

 Small-mouthed Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Liglit green. 



Stems. Short, tufted ; branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate ; points long, spreading, crowded. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; capsule pendulous, pyriform, mouth very small, 



red-bordered. May. 

 Locality. Walls and banks. 



Fig. 5. Bryum intermedium. 



Many-seasoned Thread Moss (b) . 



Colour. Yellow green ; reddish below. 



Stems. Very short ; barren ones longer, tufted. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, narrow ; nerve sometimes toothed. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; capsule not quite pendulous, pyriform, mouth 



small ; inner peristome perfect ; fruit produced at all seasons, and seen in all 



stages on the same plant. 

 Liocality. Walls and rocks, and dry places generally. 



Fig. 6. Bryum bimum. 

 Lowland Bog Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, in patches, much matted together, innovations long. 



Leaves. Large, erect, eight-rowed, wide-spread on the innovations, ovate- 

 lanceolate; apex sometimes slightly serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; seta long ; capsule pendulous ; when dry con- 

 tracted below the mouth. Summer. 



Locality. Marshes and wet places ; a variety with short stems and bristle- 

 pointed leaves in dry spots. 



