260 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



plane^ serrated, faintly striated, with two nerves at the base ; 

 capsule ovato-globose ; lid conical. — Eng. FL p. 91 ; Mull. 

 Syn.pt. 2.^j. 444. 



In dry woods, and frequently on rocks, abundant. Tr. 

 (not very abundantly) Autumn and Winter. A well-known 

 and robust species, met with in most woods, frequently 

 covering the shaded rocks to a considerable depth. The 

 stems are arranged in a pinnate form, and are much thick- 

 ened at the extremity. -. Though common throughout Eu- 

 rope, it seems a somewhat rare species in North America. 



58. Hypnum brevirostre, Ehrh. [Common Bough- 

 stallced Feather Moss.) Leaves squarrose, broadly ovate, 

 concave, often striated, acuminated suddenly and with an 

 evident contraction, so as to terminate in a long narrow 

 point, serrated faintly, two-nerved at the base; capsule 

 ovate ; lid short, conical. — Eng. FL p. 92 ; Mi'U. Syn.pt. 2. 

 p. 459. 



In shady woods at the roots of trees. Pound in various 

 localities throughout Britain and Ireland, and probably not 

 very rare. " The observant {oculatissimus) Ehrhart first de- 

 tected it in Hercynia." Er. Spring. This, like the former 

 (of which by various authors it was at one time regarded 

 as a variety) is a robust and graceful Moss. Besides the 



