848 CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. (G. 2) 
Dill. 42; 64—Faill. 28. 2 23 6; me 8-H, OXs XVe 5y _ ihe dash 
21; ‘2. 625-Buxb, iv. 63. 26° 
son the ground 6 inches, on trees 2 inches inp, ee 
Shoots Sheeeabe with thick set.slender fibres forming - broad 
patches, closely adhering to the earth. Branches very slender. 
Fruit-stalks numerous, upright. Capsules cylindrical, leaning. 
Lid pointed. Mouth fringed. Wests. Branches numerous, short, 
pei simple. Leaves too small to be aetney. seen by the 
edeye; green, not shining. Javolucrum small, hairy. Fruit 
stalks an inch high, or more, fine purple. Capsules long, straight. 
is A upright, broad at the base, silvery, shining. Diit. 
e ground under hedges, on the trunks of trees; espe. 
cially some ones, on wood, stones, and acres on old bones. 
Diit. On rotten wood, and in wells. Licu 
"®. March, April. 
awl-sh 
Dill. 42. 61—Happ. iii-Hypn. Fl, dan 47 5-Vail. 26. 9. 
Leaves hairy at the end, Fruit-stalés lateral, an inch long. 
Tebbutt rum scaly, inclosing the thick base of the fruit-st 
Capsules cylindrical, or egg-shaped. Lid conical, short. Wes. 
Shoots aoeyy interwoven firmly adhering to the earth and the 
bottom of Sa ‘Pubticolowredd woolly fibres, Svem-leaves 
hess than th the branch- leaves. Involucrum en, hairy. Lid 
unt 
At te roots ” sce in woods, and hedges, i in shady places 
and based pasture P. 
Capsules a arin in autumn, and coming to erfection in 
Feb. and Mar nes ‘ . BoP 
Var. 2. ais shorter, of a paler green. R, Syx. 
Shoots pele more than 3 or 4 lines long. Leaves eggs 
shaped. Nec 
veluti‘num, H. Shoot creeping branches crowded; upright: leaves 
aped. 
clavella'tum, H. Creeping: branches upright spank caps 
sules bowed; be tic a 
Dill. 35. c 
bes 
shoot, short, rigid, 2 or 3 lines lon mg fm nearly 1 broad; those 
in the middle the longest. Leaves hairless, very entire. Fruit 
stalks lateral, 4 or 5 lines long, inclosed at the base by an invO- 
lucrum. Capsalee a line in acne Lid very sharp. Veil 
a line long, reaching half way. Potuicu, Fixed by slender 
Tust-coloured roots to the bark of trees. Leaves sonal crowded, 
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