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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 12. Mniuh subglobostjm. 



Bound-fruited Thread Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green, stems black. 

 Stems. Erect; shoots erect, in patches. 



Leaves (b) . Obtuse, roundish ovate, bordered irregular ; the nerve ceasing below 

 the apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; seta very long ; capsule small, pendulous, 



roundish ; lid rostrate. Spring. 

 Locality. Wet places. 



CINCLIDIUM. 



Fig 13. Generic Character (a). 



Similar to Mnium, but differing in the structure of the peristome. Peristome 

 double, outer consisting of sixteen short obtuse teeth, composed of layers (lamellce) ; 

 prominent on the inner side ; the inner of a membrane, dome-shaped, perforated 

 to correspond with the outer teeth, and narrow teeth, filling up the spaces 

 between ; (a) gives a portion highly magnified, (b) the entire peristome less so. 



ClNCLIDIUM STYGIUM. 



Sooty Cupola Moss (c) . 



Colour. Leaves pale green; stem sooty, with a dense mass of radicles. 

 Stems. Thickly tufted and matted, erect. 



Leaves [d) . Ovate, apiculate, bordered ; nerve excurrent or reaching quite to 

 the apex. 



Flotvers and Fru.it. Synoicous ; seta very long and thread-like ; capsule small, 



oval; pendulous, lid convex, not beaked. Summer. 

 Locality. Bogs ; but not common. 



