248 HISTORY OF BIllTISH MOSSES. 



Bfoss.) Stems tripiimate; leaves ovate, with a suddenly 

 acuminated point, concave, faintly two-nerved at the base, 

 the margin recurved below; capsule ovate, ccrnuous; lid 

 rostrate. — Eug. FL p. 85; Miill. Syn.pt. 2. p. 457. 



In woods and on hedge-banks, heaths, etc., more abun- 

 dant where there is a degree of shade. Fr. Spring. The 

 glossy or "glittering" stems of this common but elegant 

 species cannot but fail to attract the notice of the most 

 careless observer, whether he traverses the woodland in the 

 height of summer or depth of winter. It is found through- 

 out North America and Northern Asia, but nowhere are its 

 capsules abundant. 



37. IIypnum umbratum. {Shaded Feather Muss.) Stem 

 procumbent, irregularly pinnate, the branchlets deflexed; 

 leaves cordate or lanceolate, acuminate, plicato-sulcate, two- 

 nerved, smooth and glistening, remotely and irregularly 

 serrulate ; footstalk of the capsule flexuous ; theca inclined, 

 ovate; lid short, conical, slightly apiculate. Hylocomium 

 umbratum, Br. and Sch., Bryol. Europ. fascic. 49 ; Miill. 

 Syn. pt. 2. p. 457. 



In woods and other shady spots in alpine and subalpine 

 districts. Glen Dole, Clova, among the willows; Trosachs, 

 near Loch Katrine. 



