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Fig. 9. Mnium stellaee. 

 Star-leaved Thyme Thread Moss {a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Erect, in patches. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, thick texture, serrated, not bordered ; nerve ceasing below 

 the apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule ovate, drooping ; lid obtuse ; fruit not 



found in Britain. 

 Locality. Shady places. 



(b) . Leaves nearly entire. 

 Fig. 10. Mnium cinclidoides. 



Large-leaved Thyme Thread Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Light green. 



Stems. One to four inches long, in patches ; radiculose ; branches slender. 

 Leaves (b) . Very large, ovate ; areolae small, spreading ; nerve broad. 

 Flowers and, Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule not found in Britain. 

 Locality. Bogs in Scotland. 



Fig. 11. Mnium punctatum. 



Dotted-leavecl Thyme Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Erect, radiculose, in patches. 



Leaves (b) . Very large, ovate, apiculate, of thin tough texture, entire, bordered ; 



areolae so large that to the naked eye the leaf appears dotted. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule ovate, half-pendulous, pale coloured ; lid 



with long beak. Spring. 

 Locality. Wet places. Common. 



