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BRITISH MOSSES. 



Fig. 4. Neckera crispa. 

 Crisped Neckera (a) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Pinnate, many inches long ; growing horizontally. 

 Leaves (b) . Much waved, ovate-oblong, apiculate, faintly nerved. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long, capsule ovate, large. Winter. 

 Locality. Rocks and trunks of trees in mountainous districts. 



Fig. 5. Neckera Philippeana. 



Bright Green Neclcera (a) . 



Colour. Bright green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branched much on one side. 



Leaves (b) . Waved, ovate-apiculate, serrulate above, faintly nerved, point long. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule immersed. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees. Very rare. 



Fig. 6. Neckera pumila. 

 Divarf Neclcera (a) . 



Colour. Grey green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branches short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-apiculate, waved, serrated, margin recurved, base two-nerved. 

 Floivers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta very short, capsule elliptical. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees. 



Fig. 7. Neckera pennata. 

 Feathered Neckera (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Pinnate, branches short. 



Leaves (b) . Ovate-acuminate, more curved on the upper than on the lower side, 



entire, nerveless. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous ; capsule immersed. 

 Locality. Trunks of trees. Very rare. 



