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HYPNUM CURVIFOLIUM, Heclw. 



Tab. 114. 



Plants majorcs, late intricato-caespitosEe, e viridi aurescentcs, 

 nitidse. 



Caulis prostratus, 3 - 4-uncialis, divisus, distiche ramulo- 

 sus ; ramulis approximatis brevibus inaequalibus subcompresso- 

 foliosis. 



Folia conferta, bifariam imbricata, deorsum falcato-secunda, 

 e basi 1 auriculato-cordata longe sensim acuminata, concava, 

 superne lenissimc serrulata, ecostata vel brevissime bicostata, 

 angustissime pallide lineari-flexuoso-areolata ; cellulis basilari- 

 bus et angularibus brevioribus latioribus aureis : folia perichaetii 

 conspicui albescentis numerosa, erecta, arete vaginantia, laxius 

 texta, longitudinaliter pluries sulcato-striata. 



Flores dioici, cauligeni, paraphysati : plantar masculae fertili- 

 bus mixtae. 



Capsula alte pedicellata, majuscula, oblonga, turgida, incurvo- 

 cernua, tenui-membranacea, in sicco arcuata et valde costata ; 

 annulo triseriato revolubili ; peristomii dentibus lanceolato-subu- 

 latis luteolis crebre articulatis intus apicern versus late lamello- 

 sis, ciliis in carina pertusis, ciliolis binis ternisve appendiculatis ; 

 operculo conico acuto. 



Hypnum curvifolium, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 285, t. 75 ; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 

 2, p. 613 ; Mull. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 292, ex parte ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, 

 p. 74. 



Hab. Grows in large mats on decayed logs, in shady woods. 

 Not unlike large forms of Hypnum cvpressiforme ; but distin- 



