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96 MUSCI-PLEUROCARPI-PERISTOMI. [Hypnum.
a?id t. 41. /. 53. (3. compression; stems slender compressed,
leaves falcato-secund. H. compressum, Linn. Mant. v. 2. p. 310.
—Dill. Muse. t. 36. 2.
f. y. tenue ; leaves very slightly curved
narrow-lanceolate quite entire. H. polyanthos, E. Bot. t. 1664.
Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 137. {iiot of this work, nor Leskea polyanthos,
Hedw.)
Banks and trunks of
abundant in shady woods,
trees, extremely common. (>. particularly
y. mostly on trees. Fr. Oct.— One of the
most sportive of all mosses ; but the best-marked vars. are defined above.
The var. y. is however the most remarkable and has often been mistaken
for Leskea polyanthos of Hedw. It is also very nearly allied to H. incurvatum,
Schrader and Schwaegr., which has a shorter and more drooping
capsule.
71. H. Crista-castrensis, Linn. (Ostrich-plume Feather-Moss);
stems closely pectinated, leaves falcato-secund ovato-lanceolate
acuminate serrulate striated faintly 2-nerved at the base, cap-
sule oblongo-ovate curved cernuous, lid conical. Linn. Sp. PI.
p. 1591. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 76. f. 1—4. E. Bot. t. 2108.
Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 73. Drum. Muse. Scot. v. 1 . n. 95.
Schwaegr. Suppl.v. 1. P. IL. p. 293. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 190.
t.27.
Woods in Yorkshire, Mr. Backhouse and Rev. James Dalton* Not
unfrequent in the mountain-woods of Scotland, and upon exposed
rocks at a considerable elevation. Rare in fr. The Rev. Colin Smith
finds it in that state abundantly, at Inverary, in Nov.?—The most elegant
of all the Hypna, well marked by its large and beautifully feathery stems.
In Clova, it grows along with Linncea borealis, which is its common
associate in the woods of Switzerland.
72. H. molluscum, Hedw. (plumy-crested Feather-moss);
stems pectinated, leaves falcato-secund cordate much acuminated
serrated scarcely striated faintly 2-nerved at the base, cap-
sule oblongo-ovate curved cernuous, lid conical. Hedw. St.
Cr. v. 4. t. 22. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 198. Fl. Brit. p. 1335.
E. Bot. t. 1327. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v.l.n. 96. Drum. Muse. Scot.
v. 1. n. 96. Schwaegr. v. 1. P. II. p. 293. Muse. Brit. ed. 2.
p. 190./. 27'.—Dill. Muse. t. 36./. 20 H. Crista-castrensis,
Dicks.
On the ground, in woods and among stones. Fr. Nov.—This has
been taken, even by some able British Botanists, for the preceding ; but
not by Dilienius, as Sir J. E. Smith supposed ; his figures A. and B. being
truly our present plant.