HONKS MUSCOKUM. 191 



IIYPNUM NOViE-ANGLIiE, Sulliv. fy Lesqcc. 



Tab. 118. 



Plants laxe caespitosse ; casspitibus tumescentibus rigidiusculis 

 cxtensis supcrne la;te viridibus parum nitidis infcrne ochracco- 

 lutescentibus. 



Caulis li-2 uncias longus, subprostratus ; ramis primariis 

 arcuato-ascendentibus irregulariter et subpinnatini ramulosis 

 una cum ramulis tereti-foliosis baud attenuatis. 



Folia erecto-incurva, subjulaceo-disposita, e basi angusta de- 

 currente latissime ovata, brevius tenui-acuminata, maxime con- 

 cava, baud striata, e basi fere ad apicem serrulata, ultra medium 

 costata ; reti angusto oblongo- vel lineari-hexagono, basilari 

 breviore latiore : perichsetialia laxe texta, subecostata, apice 

 longe anguste attenuata ; inferiora squarrosa ; intima vaginantia, 

 erecta, superne argute serrata. 



Flores dioici, parapbysati ; masculis gemmiformibus. 



Capsula oblonga, erecto-curvula ; pedicello valde papilloso pur- 

 pureo vix unciali ; operculo alte conico acuto ; annulo duplici ; 

 peristoma dentibus lanceolato-subulatis firmis crebre et promi- 

 nenter articulatis, ciliis dentibus sequilongis in carina biantibus, 

 ciliolis longis singulis binisve interpositis. 



Hypnum Nov^-Angli^e, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), 

 No. 338 ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 76. 



Hab. Mountains of New England, Oakes, Frost, James, 

 Eaton. 



Very near Hypnum rivulare, Br. Sf Soft. ; but that species is 

 much larger, and has widely spreading, more or less plicate leaves, 



