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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Plate XXXVII. 



HYPNEiE (continued) . 

 D. Leaves secund. 

 1. Stems, pinnate, erect, fructification near the middle, leaves falcate. 

 Fia. 1. Hypnum fluitans. 

 Floating Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very long, slender, erect, or floating, branches short and very distant. 

 Leaves (b) . Set loosely, falcato-secund, lanceolate, acuminate, apex serrated, 



nerved more than half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta four or five inches long ; capsule curved, 



oblong. Spring. 

 Locality. Marshes and pools. 



Its peculiar ragged, straw-like habit is easily recognizable. 



Fig. 2. Hypnum stenophyllum. 

 Twisted-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Sterns. Long, branched, branches short, irregular. 



Leaves (b) . Lanceolate, very much curved and twisted, with long points ; nerve 

 long. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) . Barren in Britain. 

 Locality. Marshes. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 3. Hypnum revolvers. 

 Rusty Claw-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow. 



Stems. Not rigid, erect or procumbent, pinnate, branches few, curved. 



