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Fig. 15. Physcomiteitjm sph^iricum. 

 Dwarf Bladder Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very short, in patches. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-oblong, base sheathing, apiculate ; nerve ceasing below the 

 apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta very short ; capsule round, mouth wide. 

 Autumn. 



Locality. Pound in 1834, on the dried mud of pools in Cheshire, by Mr. Wilson ; 

 but it has never appeared since. 



