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86 MUSCI-PLEUROCARPI-PERISTOMI. [Hypnum.
tripinnate, leaves serrated papillose on the back the cauline
ones cordato-acuminate striated with a nerve running nearly to
the point, those of the branches more ovate with a single or
double nerve at the base, lid conico-rostrate. Linn. Sp. PL
p. 1590. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 157. FL Brit. p. 1297. E.
Bot. t. 1494. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 81. Drum. Muse.
Scot. v. 1. n. 91. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 170. t. 25. H. tamariscinum,
Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 261. t. 67. 1—5.
f. Schwaegr. Suppl.
v. 1. P. II, p. 236. H. recognitum, Hedw. St. Cr. v. 4. t. 35.
Fl. Brit. p. 1298. E. Bot. t. 1495.—#. delicatulum, Hedw.
St. Cr. v. 4. t. 33. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 22>6.—Dill.
Muse. t. 35. /. 14 and t. 83./. 6.
Woods, and banks in heathy places, abundant. Fr. Apr. Stems reddish;
leaves yellowish-green, opaque.— It is an inhabitant of almost every
part of the world.
37. H. prcelongum, Linn, (very long Feather-Moss); stems
subbipinnate, leaves distantly placed patent cordate or ovate
acuminate serrated, the nerve disappearing below the summit,
capsule ovate cernuous, lid rostrate. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1591.
Hedw. St. Cr. v. 4. t. 29. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 160. FL
Brit. p. 1299. E. Bot. t. 2035. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 82.
Brum. Muse. Scot. v. 1. n. 89. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. I. P. II.
p. 277. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 172. t. 25 H. Stokesii, Turn.
Muse. Hib. p. 159. t. 15. /. 2. Fl. Brit. p. 1300. E. Bot.
t. 2036.—H. Swartzii, Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 151. t. 14. /. 1, 2.
Fl. Brit. p. 1293. E. Bot. t. 2034 H. atrovirens, Sw.—
Dill. Musc.t. 36./. 15.
Moist shady banks and on trunks of trees, especially such as are in a
state of decay. Fr. Nov.—A variable plant, certainly. In mountainous
wet situations, the var. named Stokesii occurs, with closely set bipinnate
branches ; and in wet hollows, the state called Swartzii, which is well
represented in the magnified figure of Turn. Muse. Hib. t. 14./. 2. b.
and which, as Mr. Wilson observes, is chiefly to be distinguished by its
shorter capsule and darker colour.
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Stems pinnate or irregularly branched.
38. H-. flagelldre, Dicks, (flagellate Feather-Moss); stems
pinnate (or irregularly bipinnate), leaves thickly set cordatoacuminate
serrated very faintly 2-nerved at the base, capsule
ovato-oblong cernuous, lid conical. Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 2. p. 12.
Fl. Brit. p. 1322. (not Hedw.). Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2.
n. 65. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 174. t. 25.
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H. umbratum, E. Bot.
t. 2565. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 158. (not Hedw.).
Rocks in alpine countries ; frequent in the West of Scotland and in
Ireland, rare in jr. : found in that state by Mr. Wilson below Aber
water-fall, N. Wales, and far more abundantly in Ireland.
39. H. micans, (sparkling Feather-Moss); leaves patent
roundish-ovate slightly acuminate concave serrated above, the
margin flattened below or reflexed two-nerved at the base.
Wils. Mss.