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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 11. Bryum Donianum. 

 Don's Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Short, branched ; radiculose ; tnfted. 



Leaves. Ovate-oblong ; apex serrated, border narrow, slightly crisped. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long; capsule conical, horizontal ; lid apiculate. 



Locality. Rocks and dry places. Rare. 



Fig. 12. Bryum Billarderii. 



Billardiere' s Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Branched, innovations short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, serrulate, concave; margin recurved below ; in whorls. 

 Floiuers and Fruit. Dioicous ; barren hi Britain. 

 Locality. Wolsonbury Hill, Hurst Pierpoint. 



Fig. 13. Bryum c^spiticum. 

 Lesser Matted Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched, and with innovations also, short, tufted, radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate ; larger at the summit ; margin reflexed, straight 



when dry, erecto patent. 

 Floiuers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long ; capsule pendulous, varying from 



ovate to pyriform. Summer. 

 Locality. Walls, &c. Common. 



Fig. 14. Bryum sanguineus. 

 Purple Thread Moss {a) . 



Colour. Red purple. 



Stems. Short, in patches, with innovations. 



