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Leaves (b) . Ovate, acuminate, concave, serrated ; nerved to near the apex, 

 secund. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous; seta one inch long ; capsule cernuous; lid acute. 

 Winter. 



Locality. Shady places in mountainous districts ; easily distinguished by its 

 bright colour. 



Fig. 9. Hypnum pofuleum. 



Matted Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green, silky. 



Stems. Creeping, pinnate irregularly, matted. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, margin reflexed, almost (sub) serrulate ; nerved to 



the apex, acuminate. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta short ; capsule ovate, not very cernuous ; 



lid acute, conical, remaining- long. Winter. 

 Locality. Walls, &c. Very common. 



Fig. 10. Hypnum reflexum. 

 Reflexed Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, arched, extremities rooting, sub-pinnate. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate acuminate, serrated, nerved to the apex ; heart-shaped 



(cordate) , points reflexed when dry ; areolae large. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta short ; capsule small, horizontal, roundish. 



Spring. 



Locality. Mountains in Scotland. 



Fig. 11. Hypnum glacials. 

 Snotv Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Irregularly pinnate, procumbent; branches with slender ends (attenuated) . 



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