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(b). Branches fasciculate. Dioicous. 



Fig. 4. Baeteamia pontana. 



Fountain Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, rusty, with radicles. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, folded at the base, toothed at the apex, margin 



recurved below ; sometimes narrower and set star-wise. 

 Capsule. Seta very long ; capsule large, red-brown, much furrowed, thick. 



Summer. 



Locality. Wet places in mountainous districts. 



Fig. 5. Baeteamia cjdspitosa. 

 Tufted Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 

 Stems. Long, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, serrated, the lower pressed to the stem, the upper 



spreading in a tuft. 

 Capsule. Barren in Britain. 



Locality. Damp places ; but not common. Found in Cornwall. 



Fig. 6. Baeteamia calcaeea. 

 Thick-nerved Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, with many innovations, radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, crowded, concave ; nerve very thick, serrated. 

 Capsule. Seta long; capsule large ; leaves of perigonia very acute. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places, in limestone. 



