HYPNUM. 103 



*- -*- Capsules cernuous. 

 Stems li-lripinnate. 



H. splendens ; stems tripinnate ; leaves ovate, with a sud- 

 denly acuminated, serrated point, concave, faintly two- 

 nerved at the base, margin below recurved ; capsule ovate, 

 cernuous, lid rostrate. (TAB. XXV.) 



H. splendens. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 67. f. 7-9. Turn, Muse. Mb. 

 p. J6. Engl Bot. t. 1424. Moug. et Nestl. n. 42. H. parietinum. 

 Swartx.Dill Muse. t. 35. f. 13. 



HAB. Heaths and hedge-banks and in woods. 



Whole plant glossy, whence its specific name. It has 

 much affinity with the H. umbraium of Ehrh. and Hedw. 

 (but not of British authors) in its ramification, This last, 

 although so common on the Continent, has never been 

 found in Britain, and may readily enough be distinguished 

 from our present plant by its cordato-triangular leaves and 

 conical lid. 



H. proliferum ; stems tripinnate ; leaves serrated, papillose 

 on the back, the cauline ones cordate-acuminate, striated, 

 with a nerve running nearly to the point ; those of the 

 branches more ovate, with a single or double nerve at the 

 base. (TAB. XXV.) 



H. proliferum. Linn. Sp. PI p. 1590. Turn. Muse. Mb. p. 156. 

 Engl. Bot. 1. 1494. H. tamariscinum. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 4. t. 3. Moug. 

 et Nestl. n. 41. H. recognition. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 67. f. 1-5. H. de- 



. H. ' 



licatulum. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 4. t. 35. H. parietinum. WilW. 

 Muse. t. 35. /. 14. &3S./6. 



HAB. V/oods and banks in heathy places, abundant. 



Stems reddish. Leaves yellowish green, dull and opaque. 

 It has been found in every part of Europe; as well as in Ja- 

 maica, New Holland, and on the mountains of Nepaul. 



H.prGelongum\ stems subbipinnate ; leaves distantly placed, 

 patent, cordate or ovate, acuminated, serrated, nerve dis- 

 appearing below the summit ; capsule ovate, cernuous \ lid 

 tostrate. (TAB. XXV.) 



H.praelongum. Linn. Sp. Pip. 1591. Hedw. St. Cr. v.4. t, 29. Turn. 

 Muse. Mb. p. 160. Moug. et Nestl. n. 422. Engl. Bot. t. 2035.. H. Sto- 

 kesii. Turn. Muse :Mb.^p.\b$. 1. 15./.2. Engl Bot. t. 2036. H. Swart- 

 zii. Turn. Muse. Mb. p. 151. t. 14- /I & 2. Engl Bot. t. 2034. 

 H. atro-virens. Swartz.Dill Muse. t. 35. f. 15. 



HAB. Moist shady banks and on trunks of trees^ espe- 

 cially on such as are in a state of decay. 



Mohr has justly observed how extremely variable is this 

 plant in its mode of growth, nor have we brought together 



