234) HISTORY OF BUITISH MOSSES. 



Leaves cordato -acuminate, serrated, tlie margins slightly 

 reflexed, the nerve reaching to the point ; capsule ovate, 

 cernuous; seta rough; lid conical. — Eng. Fl. p. 78; Miill. 

 Sijn.pL 2. p. 448. 



On lofty mountains. Ben Nevis and Ben Lawers, in 

 Scotland, are tlie only two sttatious yet recorded as British. 

 Fr. Autumn. 



Though quite an alpine species, it has not been observed 

 in the Arctic regions. 



b. Nerve shorter than the leaf, or none. 



^ Leaves entire. 



t Leaves ovate or elliptical. 



11. Hypnum molle, Dicks. {Soft JFater Feather Moss.) 

 Stems creeping ; branches erect ; leaves loosely imbricated, 

 patent, rotundato-ovate, rather acute, concave, entire, faintly 

 two-nerved at tlie base, or with one short nerve; capsule 

 ovate, cernuous ; lid conical. — Eng. Fl. p. 78 ; Grev. So. 

 Crypt. Fl.pl. 283; Miill. Si/n. pt. %. p. 431. 



Alpine rivulets, Scotland. Fr. June. 



12. Hypnum alpestre, Swartz. [Mountain Water Fea- 

 ther Moss.) Stems creeping; branches erect; leaves loosely 

 imbricated, patent, rotundato-ovate, obtuse, concave, entire, 

 rather rigid, nerve disappearing beyond the middle, or faintly 



