264 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



varieties have a striking appearance. It is a large and 

 luxuriant Moss, with much of the habit of TI. scoqnoides. 



65. Hypnum uncinatum, Hedw, [Sickle-leaved Feather 

 Moss.) Leaves falcato-secund, lanceolato-subulate, serrated, 

 striated, the nerve disappearing below the point; capsule 

 cylindrical, curved, cernuous ; lid conical.— ^;?^. Fl. p. 94 ; 

 Mail Sijn.pt.^.p.^ll. 



On moist banks, walls, and decaying wood, in shady situ- 

 ations, throughout mountainous and alpine districts. Pr. 

 Spring and Summer. This is a common and very elegant 

 Moss, at once distin2:uished in the districts where it is found 

 by the bright green tints and hooked appearance of its 

 foliage. 



66. Hypnum rugulosum, "Web, et Mohr. [Wrinlie- 

 leaved Feather Moss.) Leaves secund, ovato-lanccolate, 

 serrated, nearly plane, crisped transversely when dry, the 

 margins recurved, the nerve reaching half-way ; pericheetial 

 leaves adpressed, upright, and pale ; capsule on an elonga- 

 ted red seta, inclined, and cylindrical ; lid conical, with a 

 slightly oblique beak. — F//^. Fl.p. 94. Hypnimi rugosum, 

 Milll. 8yn.pt. iL.p. 423. 



On heathy ground, near Thetford, in England ; Breadal- 

 bane and other mountains of Scotland. Pr. (very rarely 



