92 MUSCI-PLEUROCARPI-PERISTOMI. [Hj/pnum. 



bose, lid conical. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1593. Turn. Muse. Hib. 

 p. 186. Fl. Brit. p. 1325. E. Bot. t. 1622. Schwaegr. Suppl. 

 v. 1. P. II. p. 80. Hobs. Br. 3Iosses, v. 1. n. 90. Drum. Muse. 

 Scot. v. 1. n. 93. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 182. t. 26. — Dill. Muse, 

 t. 38. /. 28. 



Woods, abundant. Fr. Dec. — This is a robust plant, 6 — 8 or 10 

 inches long. Stems pinnated, much thickened at the extremity ; the 

 branches attenuated and often rooting. 



58. H. brevirostre, Ehrh. (common rough- stalked Feather- 

 Moss); leaves squarrose broadly ovate concave often striated 

 acuminated suddenly and with an evident contraction, so as to 

 terminate in a long narrow point serrated faintly 2-nerved at 

 the base, capsule ovate, lid short conical. Ehrh. (not Sm.) — 

 Schwaegr. Suppl. v. I. P. II. p. 279. Bobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 

 70. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 182. Suppl. t. 5. Grev. Scot. Cr. 

 Fl. t. 337. — H. triquetrum, /3. minus, Muse. Brit. ed. 1. p. 108. 



Woods, in various parts of England, Scotland, and the South of 

 Ireland. (Wils.) Fr. Nov. — A very distinct moss, though in Muse. 

 Brit. ed. 1. it was considered a var. of H. triquetrum. It is perhaps more 

 nearly allied, in some respects, to H. striatum. — The recently ripe capsules, 

 Mr. Wilson observes, are highly polished. 



59. H. squarrosum, Linn, (drooping -leaved Feather -Moss); 

 leaves squarrose widely cordate very much acuminated and re- 

 curved serrated faintly 2-nerved at the base, capsule ovato- 

 globose cernuous, lid conical. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1593. Turn. 

 Muse. Hib. p. 184. Fl. Brit. j). 1323. E. Bot. t. 1593. Schwaegr. 

 Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 82. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 92. Muse. 

 Brit. ed. 2. p. 182. t. 26.— Dill. Muse. t. 39./. 38, 39. 



Woods and on heaths, common. Fr. Nov. — Stems slender, 4 — 6 

 inches long, variously branched, with the leaves often recurved at 

 the extremity, so that their bases there form a hollow cup or disk. 



2. Leaves secund. 

 A. Leaves with a single nerve. 



60. H. filicinum, Linn, (lesser golden Fern Feather-Moss); 

 branches pinnate, leaves especially the upper ones falcato-secund 

 broadly ovate acuminate serrated their nerve reaching to the 

 point, capsule oblongo-ovate curved cernuous, lid conical. Linn. 

 Sp. Fl. p. 1500. Hedio. Sp. Muse. t. 76. /. 5—10. Turn. 

 Muse. Hib. p. 197. Fl. Brit. p. 1334. E. Bot. t. 1570. Hobs. 

 Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 7 1. Drum. Muse. Scot. v. 2. n. 79. Schwaegr. 

 Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 297. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 183. t. 26.— 

 H. dubium, Sw. — E. Bot. t. 2126. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 195. — 

 H.fallax, Brid. Muse. v. 3. t. 3./ 1. E. Bot. t. 2127.— H.Jlu- 

 viatile, Sw. ?—Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 277. t. 72. /. 4. ?—Dill. 

 Muse. t. 36./. 19. 



Bogs and sides of rivulets. Fr. (not frequent) Apr. — The stems are 

 erect, pinnated, frequently clothed with downy ferruginous roots ; and 

 the stems themselves and nerves of the leaves are reddish-brown. The 



