HYPNUM. 235 



two-nerved at the base ; capsule broadly oblong, cernuous ; 

 lid conical. — Eng. Fl. p- 79; Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. pi. 2S2. 

 liypnum moUe, 3IuU. Sijn.pt. ^.p. 431. 



In similar situations with the last. Ben Challum, near 

 ryndrum, Scotland, Dr. Grevillc. 



Miiller, it will be seen, has united these species, but as 

 they have been- so accurately figured and described as species 

 by Dr. Greville, in his valuable work, the ' Scottish Cryp- 

 togamic Flora,' we prefer letting them remain, though 

 undoubtedly they are closely allied to each other. 



13. Hypnum TRiFAiiiUM, Web. {T/irce-ranJced Feather 

 Moss.) Leaves compactly and subtrifariously imbricated, 

 ovate, obtuse, entire, concave, the nerve disappearing below 

 the middle ; capsule oblongo-ovate, cernuous ; lid conical. 

 —Eng. Fl.p. 79; Miill. Syn.pt. ^. p. 381. 



Moist bogs on Ben Challum and Ben Lawers, Hooker 

 and Greville. Craigcalleachj in Breadalbaue, Dr. J. D. 

 Hooker. Er. Summer. 



This is a rare and elegant species, entirely confined to 

 alpine and northern regions. Its dark lurid colour and 

 '' three-ranked" foliage distinguish it from the succeeding 

 species, to which it is otherwise closely allied. 



14. Hypnum stramineum, Dicks. {Straw-like Feather 



