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Leaves (b) . Acute, plicate, margin recurved, imbricated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long ; capsule arcuate, oblong'. Rare. 

 Summer. 



Locality. Bogs in Scotland and the north. 



Fig. 3. Hypnum albicans. 

 White Feather Moss (a.) 



Colour. Pale green. 



Stems. Erect, branches few, irregular. 



I/eaves (b) Imbricated ; lanceolate-ovate ; nerve reaching two- thirds of the way. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta one inch long, capsule ovate, cernuous ; rare. 

 Winter. 



Locality. Sandy places among grass. 



Fig. 4. Hypnum glareosum. 

 Streaky Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Procumbent ; pinnate or irregular. 



Leaves (b) . Crowded ; ovate acuminate ; points very long, slightly serrate at the 



apex ; nerve strong, reaching- above half-way. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta short, capsule cernuous ; lid acuminate. 



Winter. 



Locality. Banks ; but not common. 



Fig. 5. Hypnum salebrosum. 



Smooth- stalked Streaky Feather Moss (a). 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Procumbent ; slightly pinnate. 



Leaves. Not much striated; nerved more than half-way, almost serrated; ovate- 

 acuminate, points shorter than in the last species. 



