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Plate XXXIX. 

 OMALIE^, ETC. 

 Pig. 1. Characteristics of Order. 



Stems pinnate, capsule (a) erect; peristome double; leaves (b) complanate, 

 elliptic. 



Fig. 1. Omalia trichomanoides. 

 Blunt Fern Feather Moss (c) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Irregularly pinnate, very flat. 



Leaves (b) . Complanate, oval, oblong, obtuse, serrulate, nerved faintly half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule on long seta, lid with oblique beak. 



Winter. 

 Locality. Trees and rocks. 



NECKERA. 



Fig. 2. Generic Character. 



Capsule erect, either immersed or on short seta. Peristome (a) double, outer 

 teeth subulate, long, bent (geniculate) at the base, marked with a line ; the inner 

 of short alternating ciliary processes ; lid with oblique beak. Leaves complanate, 

 areolae (6) small. 



Fig. 3. Neckera complanata. 

 Flat-leaved Neckera (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branches crowded, attenuated. 



Leaves (b) . Oblong, apiculate, not waved, base faintly two-nerved. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule erect, elliptical, on long seta. Winter. 



Locality. Trunks of trees. 



