EXPLANATION 



OF TEE PLATES. 



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Fig. 10. Hypnum striatum. 

 Striated Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Tufted, procumbent, pinnate ; branches drooping, attenuate. 

 Leaves (b) . Cordate, acuminate, striated, serrated ; nerve reaching more than 

 half-way. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long; capsule large, arcuate; lid long, with a 



curved beak. Winter. 

 Locality. Woods, &c. 



Fig. 11. Hypnum striatulum. 

 Lesser Striated Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Creeping, tufted, branches erect, much crowded ; sometimes bi-pinnate. 

 Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, erecto-patent, serrated, nerved more than half- 

 way, striated. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta one inch long, capsule cernuous, beak curved. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Shady rocks. 



Fig. 12. Hypnum circinnatum. 

 Curving Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Erect, pinnate, branches fasciculate, drooping, mostly branched from the 

 extremity. 



Leaves (b) . Narrow, ovate-acuminate, serrate, nerved above half-way, crowded, 

 secund. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule ovate-oblong, lid shorter. Fruit only 



found hitherto in Algiers and the Ionian Islands, 

 Locality. Limestone rocks and walls. 



