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Fig. 4. Hypnum pr^ilongum. 

 Prolonged Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Arched or procumbent, doubly (bi) pinnate, branches slender, attenuated, 

 numerous. 



Leaves (b) . Heart-shaped (cordate) acuminate on the stem, lanceolate-acuminate 



on the branches, serrated, spreading in various directions (squarrose) . 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous; seta rough; capsule oblong - , cernuous; beak long. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Moist shady banks. 



A very beautiful species, in deep velvet-like patches and mats. 



Fig. 5. Hypnum dispalatum. 

 Emerald Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Procumbent, sub-pinnate. 



Leaves. Ovate-lanceolate, serrulate, nerved above half-way, squarrose, large. 



Flowers and Fruit. Barren in Britain. 



Itocality. Clifton, Somerset. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 6. Hypnum Swartzii. 

 Swartz's Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Procumbent, creeping', not arched, branches short, curved ; few. 

 Leaves (b) . Spreading, nearly flat on each side, cordate ; ovate-lanceolate, serrate, 



nerved above half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule short, roundish ovate, not bent at the neck. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Moist banks. 



