202 BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 7. Hypnum speciosum. 

 Showy Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Creeping, with erect branches. 



Leaves (b) . Large, ovate, acuminate, serrated; nerve reaching nearly to the 

 apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Synoicous ; seta long, rough; capsule ovate, tapering at the 



base, cernuous. Winter. 

 Locality. Stones near springs, and roots of trees. 



Fig. 8. Hypnum Teesdalii. 

 Teesdale's Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Slender, creeping, branches erect, slender. 



Leaves (b) . Spreading on each side (complanate) , spreading, lanceolate, serrate; 



nerve nearly the whole length. 

 Flowers and, Fruit. Monoicous ; seta rough; capsule ovate; lid nearly as long. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Shady moist rocks. 



Fig. 9. Hypnum pumilum. 

 Dwarf Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, creeping, thread-like (filiform), pinnate, branches ex- 

 tremely slender. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, serrate, very minute, nerved half-way or more, 

 areolas large, shrinking when dry. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta purple ; capsule short; annulus distinct; lid 



obliquely rostrate. Winter. 

 Locality. Shady places. 



