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6. Hyp>{um conferva, Hook, and Wils. [Confervoicl 

 Feather JIoss.) " Stems sparingly branched, not subpin- 

 nate as in H. catenulatum (its nearest congener) ; branches 

 nearly erect, of a beautiful pale green above, with a slight 

 tinge of pink below; leaves nerveless, slightly denticulate, 

 narrower and tapering more upwards than those of H. cate- 

 nulatum, equally patent, whether in a dry or moist state; 

 pericheetial leaves deeply but unequally serrated. Hypuum 

 Sprucei, Br. Amblystegium Sprucei, Br. ^* Sch. 



On shaded basaltic rocks " by the Tees side, below 

 Winch Bridge," Mr. Spruce. Subsequently Mr. Spruce 

 has found it on the Pyrenees. Perfect fruit has rarely if 

 ever been found in Europe, but Drummond sent beautiful 

 fertile specimens from Canada. 



7. Hypnum depressum, Br. {Compressed Feather Moss) 

 Stem subpinnate, shortly ramulose; leaves bifarious, com- 

 pressed, oblong, more or less acuminate, with a double 

 obsolete Jierve ; margin minutely serrate ; capsule elliptical 

 and oblong, subincurved, with a large, yellow, rostellate lid. 

 — Mull. S//U. pt. 2. p. 258. Rhyncostegium depressum, 

 Br. et Sch.fasc. xlix.-li. ^;. 8, Bridel regards it as a variety 

 of H. confert'um. 



On stones and rocks in shaded places. 



