rCONES MUSCOllUM. 191 



HYPNUM ADNATUM, Iledw. 

 Tab. 121. 



Plants pusillae ; in caespitibus demissis densis saturate viridi- 

 bus degentes. 



Caulis arete rcptans, subuncialis, divisus ; divisionibus plus 

 minus distiche ramulosis ; ramulis brevibus 1-3 lineas longis 

 subterete foliosis prostratis vel erectis. 



Folia confertiora, erectiuscula, late lanceolata vel elliptico- 

 lanceolata, sensim obtuse acuminata, profundius concava, inte- 

 gerrima, margine inferiore anguste recurva, ecostata vel striis 

 gemellis costaeformibus brevibus praedita, amoene pellucide sub- 

 rliombeo-areolata ; cellulis angularibus minoribus quadratis sub- 

 opacis : perichaetialia externa subobovata, apiculata, patentia ; 

 interiora majora, erecta, elliptico-oblonga, subito tenuiter acu- 

 minata, ad acuminis basin grosse irregulariter dentata, dis- 

 tinctius semicostata. 



Flores monoici in caule vel ejusdem divisionibus, para- 

 physati. 



Capsula oblonga, erecto-cernua, insequalis, in pedicellum 5-7- 

 linearem inferne rubellum superne flavescentem sensim angus- 

 tata, leptoderma, matura olivacea, dein badia ; annulo subpersis- 

 tente ; peristomii dentibus lineali-lanceolatis luteolis, ciliis imper- 

 foratis, ciliolis singulis binisve ; operculo pallido convexo-conico 

 longius breviusve operculato. 



Hypnum ADNATUM, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 248, t. 64 ; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 

 2, p. 591 ; C. Mull. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 339 ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, 

 p. 78 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsiec. (ed. 1), No. 344. 



Hab. Shady woods, on stones near the surface of the ground ; 

 also on trees : common. 



