250 HISTORY OF BHITISH MOSSES. 



Miiller regards the variety Stolcesi, ^yitll thickly-set bipin- 

 nate branches^ as a distinct species. 



§§ Stems pinnate, or irregnlarly brancJied. 



40. Hypnum flagellare, Dicks. {Flagellate Feather 

 Moss.) Stems pinnate (or irregularly bipinnate) ; leaves 

 thickly set, cordato-acuminate, serrated, very faintly two- 

 nerved at the base; capsule ovato-oblong, cernuous; lid 

 conical. — Eng. Fl. p. 86; Iliill. Syn.pt. 2. p. 436. 



Rocks in the neighbourhood of streams ; discovered first 

 by Mr. Dickson in the west of Scotland and in Ireland ; 

 rare in fruit, in which state Mr. Wilson has discovered it in 

 North Wales, and more abundantly in Ireland. Bridel com- 

 pared it to ff. co77imutatum, whence a synonym H. pseudo- 

 commutatutn, from which, however, it is sufficiently distinct 

 by its habit and other characters. A very pretty species. 



41. Hypnum MiCANS. {Sparkling Feather Moss.) Leaves 

 patent, roundish-ovate, slightly acuminate, concave, serrated 

 above, the margin flattened below, or reflexed, two-nerved 

 at the base.— ^;?y. Fl. p. 86 ; Mackafs Fl. Hih. v. 2. p. 42 ; 

 Miill. Syn.pt. 2. p. 290. 



Woods at Glengarifl", near Killarney ; discovered by Miss 



Hutchins ; " always barren," with much the habit of Hyp. 



flavescens, and some varieties of H. cuj)ressiforme. Tliis 



