244 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



On banks and rocks. Cotteral Wood, near Manchester, 

 Mr. Hobson. Near the Loch of Forfar, Scotland, Mr. 

 Drummond. Fr. Winter and Spring. It vdYL be observed 

 that Miiller regards this as only a variety of H. plmnosum, 

 to which and H. lutescens it is nearly allied. Its leaves are 

 of a pale green shade of colour, are thin and flaccid, and 

 have tapering, waved points. Found throughout Europe, 

 as far as Lapland. 



29. Hypnum LUTESCENS, Huds. {Rough-stalked Yellow 

 Feather 3Ioss.) Leaves erecto-patent, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, striated, the nerve disappearing below the point ; cap- 

 sule ovate, cernuous ; seta rough ; lid shortly rostrate. — Eng. 

 Fl.p. 83; 3mi. Spi.pt. 2./?. 370. 



On banks, and on the stems of trees and bushes near the 

 ground, preferring a clayey soil. Fr. Spring. 



30. Hypnum nitens, Schreb. {Shining Feather Moss.) 

 Leaves erecto-patent, lanceolato-subulate, acuminate, nearly 

 entire, striated, the nerve running almost to the point ; cap- 

 sule oblong-ovate, curved, cernuous; seta smooth; lid conical. 

 —Eng. Fl.p. 83; Mull. Sijn. pt. 2. p. 381. 



Bogs and marshes, seemingly confined to the east of Eng- 

 land and Scotland. It is rare in fruit, in which state it is 

 found in Yorkshire by the Rev. James Daltou. 



