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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Plate XXVI. 



B ARTRAMIEiE . 



Fig. 1. Characteristics of Order. 



Plants tufted, on rocks and earth, fructification terminal. Capsule (a) round, 

 furrowed ; calyptra small ; stems with innovations below the fructification, leaves 

 lanceolate, or lanceolate-acuminate ; areolae (b) small, quadrate. 



Fig. 2. Bartramidula Wilsoni. 

 Beardless Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Short, with innovations, in patches. 

 Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsule pink, smooth, drooping; peristome 



none. Autumn. 

 Locality. Mountains in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. 



(a) . Branches fastigiate. Monoicous. 

 Fig. 3. Bartramia rigida. 



Rigid Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Short, tufted, radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Erect, straight, lanceolate, pointed, serrated, margin recurved. 

 Capsule. Large, strongly furrowed, oblique. Autumn. 

 Locality. Shady banks in mountainous places in Ireland. 



