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faintly two-nerved at the base; capsule oblongo-ovate, 

 curved, cernuous; lid conical— .E'?z^. M. p. 96; MML Spi. 

 l^t. 2.JJ. 296. 



Shady woods and in more exposed situations, in moun- 

 tainous and alpine districts. Nq^ unfrequent in the High- 

 lands of Scotland. Fr. (rare) Summer and Autumn. This 

 " most elegant of all the Hypna," is one of the prizes which 

 botanical tourists should endeavour to carry south, as a re- 

 membrance of the " land of brown heath and shaggy wood," 

 for its graceful feathery branches suit admirably either for 

 the scientific cabinet or the drawing-room scrap-book. 



72. Hypnum molluscum, Hedw. {Flumy -crested Fea- 

 ther Moss.) Stems pectinated ; leaves falcato-secund, cor- 

 date, much acuminated, serrated, scarcely striated, faintly 

 two-uerved at the base; capsule oblongo-ovate, curved, cer- 

 nuous ; lid conical.— ^;z^. Fl.p. 96 ; Mull. Spi.pf. 2. p. 297. 



On rocks and stones among trees, preferring calcareous 

 soil. Tv. Winter. "With much of the habit and character 

 of the preceding, this species may at once be distinguished 

 by its dwarfer and more compact habit, as well as by the 

 ochraceous-yellow colour of the lower branches, and deep 

 green of the upper. 



