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BRITISH MOSSES. 



2. Stems doubly or triply pinnate. 



(a) . Leaves papillose nerved almost to the apex. 



Fig. 3. Hypnum delicatulum. 

 Delicate Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Erect or procumbent, bi-pinnate, branches attenuated, drooping. 

 Leaves (b) . Minute, cordate-acuminate, papillose at the back, keeled, apex 



serrated, nerved almost the whole length. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long, capsule cylindrical, long, curved, 



cernuous. Summer. 

 Locality. Limestone rocks and chalk hills. 



Fig. 4. Hypnum tamariscinum. 

 Tamarisk-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Creeping, in thick mats, arched, tri-pinnate, proliferous, bare of branches 



in the lower part, feather-like. 

 Leaves, (b) . Papillose, those of the stem cordate-acuminate, of the branches 



OA r ate obtuse ; nerve reaching almost to the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous, capsule brown, shining, cylindrical, curved, beak 



long. Winter. 

 Locality. Very common on banks. 



(b) Leaves smooth, base two-nerved. 

 Fig. 5. Hypnum splendens. 

 Glittering Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Stems red, leaves shining- yellow green. 

 Stems. Matted, tri-pinnate, proliferous. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, stem-leaves acuminate, concave, serrated, margin recurved 

 below. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous. Seta long, capsule ovate, cernuous ; rare. Spring. 

 Locality. Common on banks and hedges, especially in sub-alpine districts. 



