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lindricul, nearly erect; lid conical. — Eiifj. Fl. p. 77; H. 

 polycarpon, Milll. Syn.pt. 2. /;. 469. 



On trunks, and at the roots of trees, affecting damp loca- 

 lities where Alders grow. Tr. Spring. 



As will be seen from the specific description, this Moss 

 has as much title to rank in the next Subsection as in the 

 present, the leaves being often bent towards one side. A 

 var, exile {Leshea exilis of Starck) is recorded by Miiller ; 

 it has a more slender stem, and minute, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate leaves. 



7. Hypnum TENELLUM, Dicks. {Tender Awl-Uaved Fea- 

 ther 3Ioss.) Leaves fasciculated, erect, lanceolato-subulate, 

 entire, their nerve reaching to the point ; capsule ovate, 

 cernuous ; lid rostrate. — Fnff. FLp. 77 ; Mull. 8yn. ptt. 2. 

 p. 396. 



On old walls and rocks, and, according to Miiller, on the 

 stems of old trees. Fr. Winter and Spring. A neat 

 species, considerably allied to the two succeeding ones, 

 though the author of the ' English Tlora^ well describes the 

 points of difference. A synonym, or species of some, is H. 

 Algerianum, from its having been found on Mount Atlas, in 

 Africa, by Desfontaincs, in 179.5 ; it was also discovered on 

 Mount Sinai, in Arabia, in 1816. 



