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(c) . Sterns dichotomously branched. 

 Fig. 7. Baeteamia pomifoemis. 

 Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Long, in round cushions. 



Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, serrated, crowded, crisped when dry. 

 Capsule. Round, nearly erect, furrowed ; peristome double. Spring. 

 Locality. Common in mountain districts. 



Fig. 8. Baetramia Halleeiana. 



Halter's Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, in tufts, branches irregular. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading, linear-lanceolate, base sheathing, serrated ; nervo 

 excurrent. 



Capsule. Seta not as long as the leaves, slightly curved ; capsule round. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Moist rocks. 



Fig. 9. Barteamia Oedeei. 

 Oeder's Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Slender, tufted, one inch long. 



Leaves (b) . Distant, lanceolate, hair-pointed, serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous. Capsule small, round, oblique. Summer. 

 Locality. Moist calcareous rocks. 



Fig. 10. Baeteamia ithyphylla. 



Stradght-leaved Apple Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Branched dichotomously, tufted. 



