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6. Stems prostrate, branches few and irregular; leaves slightly 

 secund ; nerve variable. 



Fig. 7. Hypnum demisstjm. 

 Prostrate Rock Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Prostrate , filiform, branches short, obtuse. 



Leaves (b) . Small, erecto-patent, lanceolate, nerveless, margin reflexed. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous. Capsule minute, elliptical, lid rosti'ate. 



Summer. 

 Locality. On rocks. 



Fig. 8. Hypnum micans. 

 Sparkling Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green, shining and glossy. 



Stems. Very slender, branches slender, simple. 



Leaves. Round, apiculate, concave, serrate, base two-nerved. 



Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous. Only found with fertile flowers. 



Locality. Rocks, &c. 



The capsule of this moss being at present unknown, its true place has yet to be 

 ascertained. 



7. Leaves turned upwards, secund; stems creeping or nearly erect. 



Fig. 9. Hypnum incurvatum. 

 Incurved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brown or dark green. 



Stems. Creeping, pinnate, branches incurved. 



Leaves (b) . Imbricated, secund, turned up (assurgent) , ovate-acuminate, entire, 

 base two-nerved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta red ; capsule minute, brown, ovate, lid 

 short. 



