CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. (PF. 2} his 
Heowrc. Rather thick, much branched, yellow green, tawny 
when dry. In large patches on the trunks of beeches, particu. 
larly on the Northern side. Ditt. 
Woods on trunks of trees, Scotland. 
H. Shoots upright, thread-shaped, somewhat branched : stramin‘eum. 
Jeaves egg-spear-shaped, without a mid-rib, ti 
Dicks. 6.. 
Dicks. hb. 8. and fase. i. 9. 
Shoots nearly upright, strap-shaped, slender, when dry very 
brittle, 2 inches and more in Jength, straw-coloured, sometimes 
simple, or with ' or2 branches. Leaves convex x and concave, 
glittering, pressed to. Fruit-stalks lateral, upright, red, 1 and 
sometimes 2 inches long, solitary or 2 together. Capssles 5 egg~ 
8 sarees upright, bulging on one side. Lid short, somewhat 
pointed. Dicks. 
Ina oa place on the West side of Hampstead Heath, 
near London 
H. Shoots creeping 3 branches and capsules Sparel : cylin'dricum, 
leaves closely tiled, egg-shaped, pointe 
ii, 12. 
Dill, 41. 57. 
Shoots im the wide Lee d) conan hace agg soft, shining, pale 
lh essed to, 
Fruit-stalks reddish s od Of an ch ion. Cap sitight, 
slender, a tee “Lid poin fated: 
s on the trunks of trees, Scoclanl: 
F. (2) Shoots nearly cylindrical : capsules leaning. 
EH. Shoots branched ; leaves pointed, open, distant. ripa’‘rium, 
Dill. 40. 44—Hedaw. stirp, iv. 3-Fi, dan, 649. 1-Schmid. 57+ 
38~Buxb. ti. 3. 3 
Stem 4 to 6 inches long. Shoots few and irregular, cylindri- 
cal if above, winged if below the surface ce of the water. Leaves 
dista spear-shaped on the principal stem, and hairy at the 
end.  Pruit-stalks an inch (orgs upright, ogee Capsules egg 
shaped. Lid conical, beak short. Maxth . Veil up- 
Whes os covering the young capsule, Sutalecton very short. We!s. 
owing out of the water, or where it is often ex) gee to 
the air, yi leaves are shorter and blunter, surrounding the stem, 
but when it is always i centile water they are longer, more 
Pe and wing the stems. 
On walls, and moist stony otis on the banks of rivers, on 
