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HYPNUM DEPLANATUM, Schimp. 



Tab. 108. 



Plants fcrtiles parviuscula3, infertiles niajorcs, ca)spites dc- 

 misso-planos condensates nitcntcs laete viridcs in apricis brunnco- 

 aurescentcs cdificantos. 



Caulis 1-2 uncias longus, divisus, irregulariter vel sub- 

 pinnato-ramulosus ; ramulis brevibus eodem modo ac caulis di- 

 visiones tota longitudinc radiculis copiosis substrate- arctissime 

 adhserentibus bifariam foliosis. 



Folia conferte deplanato-imbricata, ovato-lanceolata, sensim 

 longius acuminata, modice concava, tenuia, e cellulis minutissi- 

 mis flexuosis lineari-fusiformibus texta, a basi ad apicem serru- 

 lata ; costa brevissima vel obsoleta : perichsetii oligophylli folia 

 aperto-erecta, superiora tcnui-acuminata, superne grosse dentata. 



Flores dioici ? feraineis cauligenis ; masculis nondum depre- 

 hensis. 



Capsula ovali-oblonga, sub;equalis, cernua, in pedicello 5-8- 

 lineari rubello lasvi sensim continua, sicca arcuata plicatula sub 

 ore ampliato constricta turbinata ; annulo omnino nullo ; peris- 

 tomii dentibus lanceolato-subulatis dense articulatis intus lamel- 

 ligeris, ciliis dentes aequantibus in carina integris, ciliolis binis 

 brevioribus ; operculo longius breviusve rostrato. 



IIypnum deplanatum, Schimp. in litt. ; Sulliv. Muse. Alleghan. No. 50 ; 

 Mosses U. States, p. 70 ; Mull. Synop. 2, p. 260 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. 

 Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 296. 



Hab. Dry woods, in close thin mats, near tlie ground on stones 

 and roots of trees : not uncommon, but usually witbout 

 fruit. 



Not unlike the smaller and condensed forms of IIypnum ser- 

 r ulalum; but in that species the longer-pointed leaves are more 



