104 HYPNUM. 



so many synonyms without a cautious examination of atN i 

 thentic specimens. In mountainous marshy situations the 

 variety named Stokesii, with closely set, hi pinnate branches, 

 occurs 5 and in wet hollows in hanks is found the var.Swartzii, 

 which is well represented in the magnified figure of Turner's ' 

 Muse. Hib. t. 14. f. 2. b. It is characterized by its slender : 

 straggling branches, narrow and black green leaves. 



Stems pinnate^ or irregularly branched., 



33. H. jftagellare ; stems pinnate (or irregularly bipinnate) j I 

 leaves thickly set, cordato-acuminate, serrated, very faintly 

 two-nerved at the base; capsule oblong, cernuous; lid co? j) 

 meal. (TAB. XXV.) 



H. flagellare. Dick*. PI Crypt, fasc. 2. p. 12. Smith Fl Brit. \\ 

 p. 1322. (not of Hedw.} H. ximbratum. Engl Bot. t. 2565. Turn. H 

 Muse. Hib.p.ldS. (not of Hedw.) 



HAB. Rocks in alpine countries. Plentiful in Ireland. 



By means of authentic specimens from Mr. Dickson, of I 

 his H. flagellare) we have ascertained that it is the H. um- W 

 liratum of Turner and Smith and not of Hedwig, which b 

 differs in its ramification, its striated, much more strongly I 

 serrated leaves, and its longer divided nerve, approaching } 

 very nearly to H. triquetrum ; especially that variety of it j 

 called Irevirostre by Ehrhart. Hed wig's H. jftagellare is 

 H. plumosum. 



34. H. abietmum; stems pinnate; leaves serrated, papillose on j 

 the back, the margins reflexed, nerve running nearly to the I 

 point ; the cauline ones cordato-acuminate, those of the I 

 branches cordato-acute; capsules cylindrical, inclined; lid 1 

 cpnical. (TAB. XXV.) 



H. abietinum. Linn. Sp. PI p. 1591. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 4. t. 32. 

 Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 162. Engl Bot. t. 2037. Moug.et Nestl. n. 226.' fi 

 Dill Muse. t. 35. f. 17- 



HAB. On the ground in mountainous and principally cal- 

 careous soils. 



Swartz's specimens are very different from our own in I 

 having a remarkable furrow in the leaf, as seen from above^ jv 

 and consequently a projecting keel beneath ; nor is there ic 

 any nerve. We are sorry we have not had the opportunity ji 

 of examining if the Linnaean species be the same. Ours is I 

 the same as we have received from various Continental bo- I 

 tanists. The fruit is extremely rare, and never that we 

 know of produced in this country. 



35. H, Blandovii; stems pinnate 5 leaves serrated, sraqoth on 



