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Fig 13. Hypnum sylvaticum. 

 Wood, Feather Moss (a) . 



Golour. Yellow green. 

 Stems. Branches very few. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, narrow, entire, two-nerved, not waved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule sub-cylindrical, lid short ; beaked. 

 Autumn. 



Locality. Woods, at the roots of trees. 



Fig. 14. Hypnum denticulatum. 

 Sharp Flat-leaved Feather Moss (a). 



Golour. Grass green. 



Stems. Prostrate, branches very few. 



Leaves (b) . Set obliquely, ovate-acuminate, base two-nerved, margin refiexed. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; seta long, red ; capsule long, narrow, red 



Sujnmer. 

 Locality. Woods and hedges. 



Fig. 15. Hypnum elegans. 



Elegant Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Light green, keeping its colour when dry. 

 Stems. Branched ; branches complanate, quite prostrate. 



Leaves (b) . Oblique, ovate-lanceolate, complanate, points slender, slightly 

 serrated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous; capsule ovate, pendulous; very rare. 

 Locality. Shady banks. 



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