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Leaves (b) . Somewhat ligulate, apiculate, not bordered ; rather curved upwards, 

 rigid. 



Flow&rs and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule cylindrical, beak long. Spring. 

 Locality. Wet rocks in various parts of England ; north of England. Mr. Wilson. 

 Common in Cornwall. 



Fig. 8. Fissidens asplenoides, (Var. Polyphyllus) . 

 Fern-like Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Three to twelve inches long, branches arcuate. 

 Leaves (b) . Ligulate, obtuse, curved when dry ; nerve broad. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; barren in Britain. 

 Locality. Wet rocks among- mountains. 



II. Fruit Lateral. 

 Fig. 9. Fissidens adiantoides. 

 Marsh Fern Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Long, branched. 



Leaves (b) . Crowded, larger towards the middle, and becoming smaller again 



at the top, ovate-lanceolate, serrated ; areola? large. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous : capsule oval-oblong, inclined ; lid rostrate. 



Spring. 



Locality. Shady banks and wet places. 



Fig. 10. Fissidens EUPESTPas. 

 Rock Fern Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 

 Stems. Branched, arcuate. 



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