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Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, bent almost round (circinnate) , secund, very con- 

 cave, apex serrulate, nerved more than half-way. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta very long, capsule oblong, cernuous ; rare. 

 Summer. 



Locality. Bogs and marshes. 



Fig. 4. Hypndm vernicosuh. 

 Slender Green Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Emerald green. 



Stems. Long, slender, irregularly pinnate, branches short. 

 Leaves (b) . Ovate, entire, nerveless, secund, areolae large. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Barren in Britain. 

 Locality (?) . Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 5. Hypnum exannulatum. 

 Cusp-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long, pinnate, branches cusped at the ends. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-lanceolate, with long cusped points, entire ; nerve strong, 

 nearly to the apex. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) ; capsule cernuous, ovate, seta two inches long. 

 Locality. Wet places (?) Mr. Wilson's MS. 



Fig. 6. Hypnum Wilsonii. 

 Mr. Wilson's Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Long-, pinnate, branches very few, short, drooping at the ends. 

 Leaves (b) . Oblong-lanceolate, scattered, with long- cusped points, nerve reaching 

 more than half-way. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous (?) ; capsule large, ovate, cernuous, lid conical. 



Summer. 

 Locality (?) . Mr. Wilson's MS. 



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