CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. Hypnum. (1,'3) &s 
n, when dry ‘Sines to, standing out when’ fresh. Fruit. 
Saulip' 2 inch high, very slender, reddish, Cz, wii slender, at 
first upright, sfreredie leaning a little, and again upright when 
i nvolucrum she airy. 
H. Siliforme, Huds. and Bot. arr. ed. ii. Trunks of ae 
H. Shoots and branches diverging, nearly upright, blunt, illec’cbrum, 
Dill. 40. 46—Vaill. 25. 7-FI. dan. 706. 1. 
Leaves ending in a spit-point; very closely tiled. . Pale, 
shining, tender, like the H. purum, but differs in its branches 
being blunt, thick, short, not winged. Neck. Lavolucrum, leaves 
ending in hairs. Fruit-stalks & inch high. Capsules egg-shaped, 
he when old leaning a little. Lid pointed. Mouth friged. 
BER. Leaves roundish, entirely covering the stalks. Cap. 
Fit small, shioths ely Rav. Branches cylindrical. Leaves 
veny. y Pee e gree LL. 
ths shady Tea aud moistish Postar Hups. 
P. March, Aap aetiat. 
H. Shoots crowded, thread-shaped, branched : capsules filamento’sum 
ege-shaped, fringed : involucrum bulb-like. Dicks, 
it. 12, 
Dill. 36.18. 
Crowded, compressed, closely interwoven, so that it is 
hardly possible to extricate a single plant. Shoots and branches 
cylindrical, not thicker than a strong sewing thread. Fruit-stalks 
purple aninch long. Capsules slender, straight, reddish and 
bent when fn Involucrum oblong, large, composed of unequal 
scales. Drut 
Woods in Scotland. [Crib y Ddeseil. Mr. Grtrrita.] 
F..(3) Shoots near ly cylindrical: capsules drooping. 
H. Shoots wan spreading, awl-shaped : : leaves egg- pu‘runl{ 
shaped: blunt: approaching, 
Curt. 207-Fi. dan. 706, 2-Dill. 40. 45—Vaill, 28. 3. 
i bowed. Leaves ending in a spit-point Neck. 
Nish, from the mid-rib of cha soot and branches ; upright, shin- 
ing. Involucrum ets, 6 ly. aa cylindrical, lean- 
ing. Lid beaked. Moxth fringed. W Stems nearly cylin+ 
drical, upright or reclining ; often Bianched, Branches winged. 
eaves blunt, thin, soft, smooth, rather shining, when dry crump- 
ILL. 
Pastures, meadows, banks, and woods. P. Nov. 
