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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, secund, serrulate, nerve broad, ceasing* below the 

 apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) . Seta short, rather thick ; capsule ovate, 



cernuous ; lid conical, acuminate. 

 Locality. Ben Lawers. Mr. "Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 12. Hypnum velutinum. 

 Velvet Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Creeping, in patches, branched, branches erect, crowded. 

 Leaves (b) . Spreading, ovate-acuminate, serrulate, nerved to near the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous; seta short; capsule roundish; lid apiculate. 

 Winter. 



Locality. Common on walls and roots of trees, &c. 



Fig. 13. Hypnum illecebrum. 

 Alluring Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green. 



Stems. Procumbent, sub-pinnate, branches incurved, obtuse. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-apiculate, concave, serrated, nerved to above half-way. 



Flowers and Fruit. Seta short, capsule oval-oblong*, bent at the union with the 



seta. Autumn. 

 Locality. Banks and rocks, especially near the sea. 



Fig. 14. Hypnum c^spitosum. 

 Oreen Patch Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Creeping, pinnate, branches very short, in thick patches. 

 Leaves (b) . Ovate, pointed, serrulate ; margin plane, serrulate ; nerved above half- 

 way. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule oblong, sub-erect; lid half its length. 

 Winter. 



