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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Plate XXXIII. 



HYPNE/E (continued). 

 2. Lid rostrate. 

 Fig. 1. Hypnum crassinervum. 

 Thick-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Creeping, branches erect, few. 



Leaves (h) . Ovate-acuminate, serrated ; margin reflexed, concave ; nerve thick, 

 to above half-way. 



Flotvers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta rough, capsule narrow, ovate, cernuous, beak 



long - . Winter. 

 Locality. Shady rocks, chiefly on limestone. 



Fig. 2. Hypnum piliperum. 

 Hair-pointed Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, pinnate, branches attenuate. 



Leaves (b) . Imbricated, ovate, points hair-like, serrated, nerved half-way up. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous; seta rough; capsule cernuous, oblong; lid as long 



as the capsule. YY^inter. 

 Locality. Shady banks and woods ; fruit rare. 



Fig. 3. Hypnum cirrhosum. 



Tendril-pointed Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Procumbent, cylindrical, branches few, short, obtuse. 

 Leaves (b) . Closely imbricated, concave, pointed, nerved faintly half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit unknown in any locality. 

 Found on the summit of Ben Lawers. 



