252 HISTORY OP BRITISH MOSSES. 



cylindrical, iuclined ; lid conical. — Enj. Fl. p. 87 ; Milll. 

 Syn.pt. 2. 7?. 454. 



Rocks in subalpine countries. Discovered by Joseph 

 Woods, Esq., at Tmibridge, in Kent, but always barren. 

 It was first distinguished by Mohr from the preceding 

 species, who says, that it differs ''as H. sjjlendens does 

 from H. pii'oliferum." Found in most boggy meadows 

 throughout Germany, the north of Europe, and America. 



44, Hypnum blandum. {Neat Feather Moss.) Stems 

 somewhat pinnate ; leaves closely imbricated, nearly erect, 

 ovate, very concave, almost keeled above, apiculate, smooth, 

 the margins plane, serrulated, the nerve disappearing below 

 the point; seta rough; lid conico-acuminate. — Eng. Fl. p. 

 88. H. illecebrum. Mull. Syn.pt. 1. p. 376. 



Discovered by Mr. Lyell on a bank in Cadnam Lane, 

 New Eorest, Hants, and described as a new species by Sir 

 W. Hooker in the 'Elora Londinensis^ (new series). Mr. 

 Wilson has subsequently found it about Aberffraw, Angle- 

 sea, and near Bangor in Wales. Er. November. Allied 

 to H. murale and rutahulum, and still more so to a conti- 

 nental species, H. cirrhosum. It is found throughout Italy, 

 Erance, Germany, Algeria, and other countries. 



45. Hypnum crassinervium. {Thick-nerved Feather 



