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ture, its /eaves are more patent and in general the nerve is more evident
and longer, the colour is yellower at the extremity of the branches.
12. H. alpestre, Swartz, (mountain water Feather-Moss); stems
creeping, branches erect, leaves loosely imbricated patent rotundato-ovate
obtuse concave entire rather rigid, nerve disappearing
beyond the middle or faintly 2-nerved at the base, capsule
broadly oblong cernuous, lid conical. Swartz, 3Iusc. Suec. p.
102. t.
6.f.
15. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 44. /: 1—4. Grev. Scot.
Cr. Fl. t. 282.
Mountain rivulets, Ben Challum, Perthshire; Dr. Greville. Fr.
. — I have followed Dr. Greville, who has so beautifully illustrated
this and the preceding species, in keeping this Moss distinct from the
preceding ; though Dr. Taylor and myself had expressed a different
opinion in the Muse. Brit.; and indeed the distinguishing marks are
very slight, if they are constant.
13. H. trifdrium, Web. (three-ranked Ftather-Moss); leaves
compactly and subtrifariously imbricated ovate obtuse entire
concave, the nerve disappearing below the middle, capsule
oblongO-ovate cernuous, lid conical. Web, et Mohr, FL Sine.
t. 2. f. 2. a, d. ejusd. Fl. Cr. Germ.]). 319. Muse. Brit. ed.
2. p. 161. Suppl. t. 4. Grev. Sot. Cr. Fl. t. 279.—H. stram-
ineum, .3. Schwaegr. Suppl. r. 1. P. II.
Very rare. Moist bogs and peat-holes on Ben Challum and Ben
Lawers, Dr. Greville and Hooker. Fr. .— This is a very beautiful
plant and assuredly quite distinct from H. stramincum, with which
Schwaegrichen has united it as a variety. It is of a dark lurid colour,
with remarkably concave and closely imbricated leaves. Our plants
exactly accord with those from Norway and Lapland.
14. H. stram'uK urn, Dieks. (sfrair-lihc Faithcr-Moss); leaves
loosely imbricated erecto-patenl oblongo-ovate obtuse entire
shining, the nerve reaching half way, capsule oblongo-ovate
curved cernuous, lid conical. Dicks. Cr. Fate, I. t. I. t'. *•
Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 164. Fl. Brit. p. LS03. F. lint. t. 2465.
Schwaegr. Suppl. /. 89. Hobs. Br, Mu.
Muse. Sent. r. 1. //. 82. Srhwanjr. Suppl. r. I. V.ll.p. 212,
(excl. rar. (3.). Muse. Brit ed. 2. p. 161. t L'4.
Banks and wet bogs, frequently mixed with other mosses. Abundant
/'/•. . moist Band} places
on the Breadalbane mountains; very rare in on
near Dundee (Mr. Drummond); ami Castle Kelly Glen, Ireland,
Taylor. /•'/. .— The .slender habit, pale colour and obtuse I
Dr.
are striking characters in this Bpecies. It seems to bear fruit almost
entirely in sandy places, where the teta is half buried in the soil.
15. 1 1, fliin'sf, ,,s. (pale yellow Feather-3fo$i >.• stems depressed
and procumbent thickly matted, leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate
entire concave with flattened margins, faintly 2-nerved at
tin- base erecto-patenl and slightly secund, seta smooth, capsule
ovate cernuous, lid with a long slender beak. Wilt. Met*
< hi moist ihacrj rocks, by rills in mountainous woods; Best
Killarmy, frequent, also near