The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

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80 MUSCI-PLEUIlOCARPI-PERISTOMr. [Hj/pnum.
It often grows in broad patches or flakes on the inclined faces of rocks,
over which water occasionally flows." Wils.
16. H. murdle, Hedw. (wall Feather-Moss); leaves nearly
erect imbricated oval with a very short point concave the single
nerve reaching three-fourths of the way up, capsule ovate cernuous,
lid rostrate. Hedw. St. Or. v. 4. t. 30. Turn. Muse. Hib.
p. 166. Fl. Brit. p. 1304. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 72.
Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 198. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 161.
t. 24.
H. abbreviation, Hedw.
H. confertum, E. Bot. t. 1038.
Sp. Muse. t. 65. /. I—4.—Bill. Muse. t. 41. /. 52.
On walls and stones. Fr. Oct. Nov.—The rostrate lid and concave
short-pointed leaves distinguish this species from its affinities.
17. H. purum, Linn, (neat meadow Feather-Moss); leaves
closely imbricated oval with a very short point very concave,
the nerve reaching half way up, capsule ovate cernuous, lid
conical. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1594. Hedw. Sp. 3Iusc.t.66.f. 3— 6.
Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 175. Fl, Brit. p. 1313. E. Bot. t. 1599.
Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 74. Brum. Muse. Scot. v. I. n. 83.
Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. Up, 126. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 162.
t. 24.—H. illecebrum, Fl. Brit, and E. Bot. p. 2189. (iiot
Hedw.) Dill. Muse. t. 40. /. 45.
On the ground, on banks and in woods, abundant. Fr. Nov.— Dillenius
informs us that the specific name of this very common moss is
derived from the use, made of it in some parts of England, in cleansing
worms for Fishermen.
18. H. piliferum, Schreb. (hair-pointed Feather-Moss); leaves
ovate with a long narrow acumen scarcely serrated, the nerve
disappearing below the middle, capsule cernuous, lid rostrate.
Schreb. Fl. Lips. p. 91. Hedw. St. Or. v. 4. t. 14. Turn. Muse.
Hib. p. 178. Fl. Brit. p. 1319. E. Bot. t. 1516. Drum, Muse.
Scot. v. 2. n. 71. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 239. Muse.
Brit. ed. 2. p. 175. t. 25.
Banks, rarein/r. : found in that state at Auchindenny, near Edinburgh,
Mr. Arnott; and Cotteral wood, Cheshire, Mr. Wilson. Fr. Nov.
A distinctly marked plant, which at the suggestion of Mr. Wilson I have
removed from the division with serrated leaves, where it has no affinity,
and placed along with H. murale and purum. The leaves of the stem
are exactly ovate and so suddenly acuminated into a long narrow
point, as to appear, especially when dry, to be hair-pointed. Those of
the branches are more gradually attenuated and scarcely warrant the
specific name.
19. H. Schreberi, Willd. (Schreberian Feather-Moss); leaves
closely imbricated nearly erect elliptical apiculate concave
entire faintly 2-nerved at the base, capsule ovate cernuous,
lid conical. "
Willd. Fl. Berol. p. 325. Turn. Muse. Hib. p.
176. Fl.Brit. p. 1315. E. Bot. t. 1621. Hobs. Br. Mosses,
v. 1. n. 71. Drum. Muse. Scot, v. 1. n. 81. Schwaegr. Suppl. v.
1. P. II. p. 227. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 159. t. 24.—H. muticum,
Sw.—Dill. Muse. t.40.f.7.
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