176 DIPLOPERISTOMI. IHypnum. 



71. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 239. uBnW. JIM. p. 173. 

 Z)zsp. Muse, p. 65. 



HAB. Banks ; rare in fructification. In fruit at Auchin- 

 denny, near Edinburgh. Mr. Arnott. 



This is a distinctly marked plant in its exactly ovate stem 

 leaves, with a long point so suddenly acuminated, that they 

 appear, especially when dry, to he hair-pointed. Those of the 

 stem terminate more gradually, and scarcely justify the specific 

 name. 



A remarkable variety of this moss has been found on the 

 rocks at the summit of Ben Lawers by Mr. Arnott ; seeming 

 to connect the species with Schwaegrichen's H. cirrhosum. 



39. H. blandum ; stems somewhat pinnated, leaves closely imbri- 



cated nearly erect ovate concave acute without striae serrulated 

 the nerve disappearing below the point, fruitstalks rough, lid 

 conico-acuminate. (SUPPL. TAB. V.) 



Hypnum blandum. Lyell. MSS.Hook. in Fl. Lond. Neio Series. 

 cum ic.~Arn. Disp. Muse. p. 60. 



HAB. On a bank in Cadnam Lane, New Forest, Hamp- 



shire. C. Lyell, Esq. 



We know of no other station for this pretty moss than that 

 above given. It is allied on the one hand, to Hypnum murale, 

 on the other, to H. rutabulum ; but sufficiently distinct from 

 both in the characters above given. 



40. H. rutabulum ; stems variously branched, leaves patent ovate 



acuminated serrated at the points striated their nerve reach- 

 ing half Way, capsule ovate cernuous, fruitstalks rough, lid 

 conical. (TAB. XXVI.) 



Hypnum rutabulum. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1590. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 

 4. t. 12. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 179. Smith, Fl. Brit. p. 1320. Moug. 

 et Nestl n. 143. Funck, Deutschl. Moose, t. 44. / 40. Schwaegr. 

 Suppl v.l. P. II. p. 244. Brid. Meth. p. 173. Hook. Fl. Scot. P 

 II. p. 145. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 1. n. 86. Drummond, Muse. 

 Scot. v. 2. n. 72. Arn. Disp. Muse. p. 65. 



Hypnum flavescens, chrysostomum, hians, and graminicolor ? of Brid. 

 Meth. 



Hypnum brevirostre. Engl. Bot. t. 1647. (not ofEhrh.J 



Hypnum crenulatum. Engl. Bot. t. 1261. 



Hypnum Starldi. Funck, Deutschl Moose, t. 44. / 41. Dill. Muse. 

 t. 38. / 29. 





