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BRITISH MOSSES. 



D. — Stems pinnate, without villi, erect, leaves squarrose, serrated, striated, base 

 two-nerved, capsule short; dioicous. 



Fig. 9. Hypnum flagellare. 



Thong-branched Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Arched, pinnate ; branched, recurved, fasciculate. 



Leaves (b) . On the stem squarrose, cordate ; on the branches spreading ; 



roundish-ovate, acuminate, concave ; all serrated and two-nerved. 

 Capsule. Large, ovate, cernuous ; lid conical ; rare. November. 

 Locality. Shady rocks, by water. 



Fig. 10. Hypnum triquetrum. 



Triangular-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green, stems red. 



Stems. Erect, three to six inches in height, very rigid, in the upper part stand- 

 ing distinct from one another, as fir-trees in a wood ; branches recurved, 

 attenuated. 



Leaves (b) . Cordate or triangular, concave, serrated, base two-nerved ; on the 



stem squarrose ; on the branches, spreading. 

 Capsule. Short, roundish, lid conical, seta long. Winter and spring. 

 Locality. Hedges and woods. Fruit rare; not uncommon in Cornwall. 



This is one of the best known of mosses, being at the present time much col- 

 lected ; and, we are sorry to add, dyed a variety of colours, for decorative purposes. 



Fig. 11. Hypnum loreum. 

 Rambling Mountain Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Sub-erect, not rigid, irregularly branched, the stems and branches in a 



mass, " rambling" and curved in all directions. 

 Leaves (b) . Squarrose, points recurved, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, 



