ICONEB MUSCOttUM. 1HI 



IIYPNUM MONTANUM, Wils. 



Tab. 113. 



Plants tenella;, in caespitibus late extensis tumescentibus mol- 

 libus infcrne rufo-fascis superne lutescenti-viridibus nitidulis de- 

 gentes. 



Caulis tenuis, prostratus, 1-2 uncias longus, parte anno- 

 siore denudatus ; ramis gracilibus erectis simplicibus quandoque 

 fastigiato-ramulosis. 



Folia vario modo flexa, ssepius subfalcato-secunda, concava 

 vel complicato-concava, late ovato-lanceolata, longius acuminata, 

 decurrentia, toto ambitu leniter serrulata, marginibus erectis 

 vel reflexis ; costa perbrevi gernella vel subnulla ; reti angusto 

 elongato-fusiformi, angulari ampliore oblongo : perichastialia in- 

 teriora erecta, elongato-oblonga, tenui-acuminata, pluries sulcato- 

 striata. 



Flores monoici, paraphysati, in caule primario siti ; masculis 

 gemmiformibus. 



Capsula oblonga, erecto-cernua, late annulata ; pedicello tenui 

 cygnocollo 6 - 8-lineari et ultra ; peristomii dentibus lanceolato- 

 subulatis pallide luteoljs intus prominenter lamelligeris, ciliis 

 integris, ciliolis binis ternisve nodosis ; operculo breviter con- 

 vexo-conico. 



Hypnum montanum, Wils., ex James Enum. in Proceed. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philad. (1855); Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 72; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. 

 Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 306. 



Hab. On moist rocky banks of rivulets, White Mountains 

 of New Hampshire, Oakes, James. 



