CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. (C. 1) 835 
H. Branches very short: leaves spear-awl-shaped, shining, ni’tens. 
Fi. dan. 1123; 9—Dill, pus = gl 
Shoots upright, 1 to 3 inches high. Branches lateral. Leaves 
closely set. Frait-stalks terminating an illary. 
egg-shaped, leaning when ripe. Lid short, conical, pointed, 
Mouth entire. Weser. Leaves very narrow, almost hair-like, 
Invol. very long. Diti. Fruit-stalk near 2 inches long; capsule 
rather crooked, which gives it the appearance of leaning. 
Turf bogs. Scotland. Dicks. ii, 12. 
H. Shoots very long, rather leafless below: capsules ege- prolix’um 
shaped, fringed : fruit-stalks lateral, ascending, sheet . 
_ Dill. 38. 32 ; and 85. 20. 
Shoots 12 inches er more in length, upright in stagnant, 
floating in running water, closely crowded, sending out a few 
short branches towards the ends. Leaves numerous, small, tiled ; 
under ones the largest. Involucrum a small bulb, composed of 
a few short scales. Fruit-stalks short. Capsules small. Diu. 
Alpine rivulets in Scotland, On 
H. Shoots creeping: branches crowded: leaves tiled; plumo'sume 
awl-shaped. 
Diths. b. s.-Hedw. stirp. iv. 15-Dill. 35.16. 
Shoots about a span long, brownish, with dark rust-coloured 
wool underneath, by which it adheres closely. Branches from 
each side of the shoot, poncially undivided, clothed with very 
slender soft and shining leaves. Izvolucrum hairy. Dit. 
H. sericenm & Huds. 506. Trunks and roots of trees in En- 
field Forest, and on brick walls about London. Dut, Jan, Feb. 
C. (2) Shoots winged with branches : capsules leaning. 
H. Shoots proliferous; nearly flat, not shining: fruit- prolif‘erume 
stalks several together; involucrum bristly 
Curt.—Dill, aoe 14—Vaill, 25. 1-H. OX, XVs 5, Tow 3. 20— 
~ Tourn. 326. ¢.—Ger. 1372. 7-Ger. em. 1561. 7-Park. 
1310. 3-F. B, lil. 765. ie 
Its structure is very singular; one large compound shoot pro- 
ceeding from the middle or disk of another, and this repeated 
several times in the same plant. Lin. A span long or more, 
doubly winged. Fruit-stalks an inch long, (or more) from the 
middle of the shoot, and from the rib of the branches ! to 3 (4 
or 5) ina place. Involucrum large, conical, hairy. Lid conical, 
ones Veil oblique. Weis. Capsules leaning, reddish, thick. 
euth, fringe ina double row. Leaves so minute as hardly to 
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