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Fig. 8. Hypnuh sarmentosum. 

 Twiggy Fea ther Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brown or purple. 



Stems. Prostrate, long, pinnate ; branches short and cuspidate. 

 Leaves (It) . Elliptic-oblong, blunt, concave, nerved almost to the apex ; base 

 transparent. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) capsule only found in Norway. 

 Locality. Wet Alpine rocks, in Scotland and Wales. 



Fig. 9. Hypnum Giganticdm. 



Gigantic Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark Green. 



Stems. Very long, regularly pinnate, ends of branches slightly curved. 

 Leaves (b) . Oblong-lanceolate, entire, nerved, imbricated. 



Flotvers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) fertile, branches much smaller; seta two to 



three inches long ; capsule ovate, cernuous, lid conical. 

 Locality. Bogs. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



The etching is from a specimen of this magnificent moss, kindly sent the writer 

 by the late Mr. John Nowell. It is impossible to mistake the species, which in 

 colour and habit resembles a miniature spruce-fir. 



Fig. 10. Hypnum cordifolium. 



Ileart-leaved Feather Moss (o) . 

 Colour. Greenish yellow. 



Stems. Very long-, erect, pinnate; branches spreading, attenuated. 



Leaves (b) . Heart-shaped, loosely imbricated, large, spreading - , obtuse, entire ; 



areolae large ; nerved almost to the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous, seta two to three inches long ; capsule oblong, lid 



conical. Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places. 



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