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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 16. Hypnum depressem. 



Depressed Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dark green. 



Stems. Prostrate, pinnate ; brandies wide in the middle. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate, concave, serrated, two-nerved at the base. 



Flowers a-nd Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule minute, oval, cernuous, lid as long as the 



capsule. 

 Locality. Rocks and stones. 



