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difference in the form of its leaves and capsules, its branches 

 are uaore erect, and do not root as in the preceding species. 



59. Hypnum squarrosum, Linn. [Broojjing-leaved Fea- 

 ther Moss.) Leaves squarrose, widely cordate, very much 

 acuminated and recurved, serrated faintly, two-nerved at the 

 base; capsule ovato -globose, cernuous; lid conical. — Eng. 

 FLp. 92; Milll. Stjn.pt. 2.^. 443. 



Woods, heaths, and among moist and shaded grass, com- 

 mon. Er. (nowhere abundant) Winter. With much of the 

 habit of the three preceding, this species will readily be 

 distinguished by its more slender and shorter stems, as well 

 as the more lively shade of its green. 



Subsection 2. Leaves secimd. 

 A. Leaves with a single nerve. 



60. Hypnum filicinum, Linn. {Lesser Golden Fern 

 Feather Moss.) Branches pinnate ; leaves, especially the 

 upper ones, falcato-secund, broadly ovate, acuminate, ser- 

 rated, their nerves reaching to the point ; capsule oblongo- 

 ovate, curved, cernuous; lid conical. — Eng. Ft. p. 92 ; Milll. 

 %.^;;f. 2.7J. 419. 



Marshy ground, and near rivulets. Er. (not frequent) 

 Spring. This is a variable species, and its various forms 

 have been described as different species by some musco- 



