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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Plate XXXI. 

 LBSKEA. 



Fig. 1. Generic Character. 



Stem creeping, irregularly branched. Capsule (a) erect, lid short, conical. 

 Areola3 (b) long, narrow, and wavy. 



A. Leaves without striw. 



Fig. 2. Leskea moniliformis. 

 Slender leskea (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very slender, branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Round, concave, imbricated closely, nerveless. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) . Capsule not quite erect, base tapering. Very 



rare. Summer. 

 Locality. Alpine rocks. 



Fig. 3. Leskea latebricola. 

 Hidden Leskea {a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Very short, slender, branches few. 



Leaves (b) . Acute, lanceolate, margin recurved, base two-nerved. 



Flcnvers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta comparatively long, very slender; capsule 



minute, erect, base tapering. Winter. 

 Locality. Shady woods, on old roots of the Male Fern and decaying trunks of 



alders, often overlooked from its minuteness. 



