CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. (B. 1) 829 
id short, pais distinguishable at first sight from H. euspi. 
ide, by the leaves at the ends of the stems not being rolled 
I 
Turfy bogs. Retu. #. 1018. aoe wet meadows in Ear. 
sham, near Bungay, Suffolk. Mr. Stone 
H., Shoot upright, somewhat branched, bent ; leaves tiled, sciuroi‘des. 
Bereta ee hair-pointed: capsules oblong ; 
lid 
Dill, 41. 54-Faill, 27. 12~Kniph. 6-H. ox. xve 55 row the 
lasts 27. 
Shoots 2 Se a9 rege sega Involucrum rising half 
way up the fruit-stalk. creeping, 3 or 4 inches 
long. Shoots fs 1 to ae ; so 8 pe branched. Leaves 
closely tiled, egg-speat-shaped, pointed, ending in hairs. Fruit. 
stalks lateral, upright, 3 inch high. Jnwolucrum slender, scaly. 
Capsules cylindrical-egg-shaped. Lid conical, pointed. Fringe 
white. Veil yellow at the end. Weis, Creeping, interwoven, 
fixed to the bark of trees, Branches numerous, upright, simple 
or divided, but generally bent like the tail of a squirrel. Juvo- 
ducrum at she base of the branches, slender, scales narrow, ending 
in short hairs. Capsules upright, dark brown when ripe. Lid 
yery small, Fruit-sta/ks twisting when dry. Drie. 
Trunks of old trees. { Bungay, Suffolk. et Stone. | 
P. Feb.—April. 
H. Branches compressed: leaves hair-pointed, shining: refus’cens, 
capsuler upright ; lid conical, Dicks, 
Dicks. 8. 4 4 
But little branched; branches cylindrical but flatted, en- 
tirely potas lied with the ‘tiled leaves, which are slender, straight, 
ar-s , ending in a hair, seldom a full green, but generally 
yellowish or reddish. Capsules nearly a Srges slender, up 
right. Fringe white. Lid crimson, conical, acute. Haut 
Has been confounded with the Hypn. nitens, ree: differs a 
that in having upright capone a bat = involucrum, and 
few, but pong a a xs. Fasc. i 
[Cryb y Ddeseil, par rarely with ‘Sapepless Mr. Grir- 
H. Shoots ascending : fruit- stalks lateral : capsules ob- cris‘pum. 
Jong ;_beal the lid bent: leaves oblong, blunt, 
wrinkled, in 2 rows. 
Dicks. bh. s—E. bot. 617-Dill. 36. 12~Hall. enum. 3. 5, at 
f- 109, hist. 46. 5, at iii. p. 50-Happ. ti.-Hypm 5- 
FZ, ox. XV 5, row 3, 10, pe O25¢ 
