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Leaves (b) . Lower ovate, spreading ; upper ovate, apiculate, narrow at the base ; 



border wide, serratures sharp, waved when dry. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsule solitary, not so large or pendulous as 



the last species. Spring. 

 Locality. Shady places on limestone. 



Fig. 4. Mnittm rostratum. 

 Long-beaked Thyme Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Short, base decumbent, shoots long and creeping-. 



Leaves. Oval oblong, obtuse, apiculate, serratures blunt, waved and crisped when 

 dry. 



Floivers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsules oval, several together, pendulous, lid 



rostrate. Spring. 

 Locality. Moist rocks. 



Fig. 5. Mnium orthorhynchum. 

 Small-leaved Thyme Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Long, tufted, radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Lower very small and scattered ; upper ovate-lanceolate, apiculate, 



in a tuft, doubly serrated ; areolae small. 

 Flowers and. Fruit. Dioicous. Capsule not found in Britain. 

 Locality. Woods and shady places. 



Fig. 6. Mnium serratum. 

 Serrated Thyme Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Short, branches erect. 



Leaves (&) . Lower red and small, upper narrower, ovate-lanceolate ; doubly 

 serrated, bordered, tufted. 



