CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. (G. 2) 847 
| taken away entire. Linn. Shoots long, creeping, crowded, greatly 
branched. Branches short, roundish. Leave s slender, very closely 
tiled, ending inlong hairs. Fruit-stalks } to 1 i as high, lateral, 
crowded. Juv fart short, thick, scaly, Captiles long, nearly 
cylindrical, but thickest at posi ne upright. Mouth narrow, 
fringe w ble Lid beaked. Veil pale. Weis. Branches ae 
pointing o © way. Leaves soft, shining. Dirt. With 2 
ribs, which distinguish i it from the H. p/umosum. 
Leikea sericea. Hedw. On the ground on dry banks, trunks 
of trees, and walls. P. Sept.— April, 
H. Shoots very much branched, Sail ethene, crooked, ta- myosu’rop 
pering upwards and down 
Hedw. stirp. ivs 8-Dill, 41. nap ox. XV. 5. 27-Vaill, 28. 4. 
Stem 2 to 4 inches long ; ge ee sowanle the ‘end. Lea 
sh. 
than the leaves. Brea iia tks reddish, £ or 3 of an 
Copal cylindrical, spnght, tawny whan ¥ ie 
Hypn. myosuroides, Hedw. H, myosuroides. B Huds, and Bot. 
arr. ed, ii. At the roots of trees, and on large stones in woods. 
an,—March, 
G. (2) Shoots crowded : capsules leaning. 
H, Plant creeping, very much branched: branches cy-myosuroi'des. 
lindrical : leaves eee eRe hair-pointed, up- 
right, tiled: capsules cylindri 
Dill. 4.1. 51-H. ox. xv. 6. row 3. cae 97.6. 
Pale green. Stem-leaves almost 3-cornered. D1it 
Woods at the roots of trees, and on stones and toes f Bun- 
gay, Suffolk. Mr. Srons.] P, Jan.—March. 
Var. 2. Leaves dark green, shining, hair-pointed. 
Dill. 41. 53. 
Leaves soft, dark green, shi meh ending i in sae which ap- 
pear grey and reflected when the plant is dry. D 
On old walls, as of Westham Abbey, near Staion Essex ; 
and on rocks on Emott pastures, Yorkshire. Dit 
H. sage seeps branches thread-shaped : heaves like ser’ pens, 
: capsules cylindrical, crooked: hid taper 
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