EXPLANATION OF TEE 



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Fig. 7. Bryum toequescens. 

 Twisting Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Thickly tufted, branched ; radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate ; set horn- wise {cuspidate) , very much twisted when dry ; 



lower leaves lanceolate. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; seta long ; capsule pendulous ; neck tapering into 



the seta. Summer. 

 Locality. Rocks and walls. 



Fig. 8. Bryum obconicum. 

 Obconical Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Tufted, branched. 



Leaves. Crowded, upper ones hair-pointed, ovate-acuminate, not twisted when 

 dry. 



Flowers and. Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule pendulous, very long ; contracted in the 

 middle. Summer. 



Locality. Very rare. On walls, near Barnard Castle, Yorkshire. Mr. Spruce. 



Fig. 9. Bryum capillare. 

 Greater Matted Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Matted together, branched ; radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, twisted when dry ; ovate-oblong ; bordered, upper 



leaves with a long point. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous; capsule reddish, pendulous; oblong pyriform. 

 Locality. Very common everywhere, on walls, rocks, &c. 



Variety. — Majus (Fig. 10 a, b) . Leaves broader, point shorter, border voider, 

 seta and capsule larger. Common. 

 The commonest and most variable of the species. 



