HYPNACE^E.] 108 [Hypnwn. 



rooting at points, ramuli few. Stem-leaves distant, pale green, thin and 

 lax, divergent, slightly excavated at angles, broadly cordate-ovate and 

 strongly decurrent, gradually narrowed into a long point, faintly plicate, 

 margin plane, indistinctly serrate, nerve ending about middle, sometimes 

 forked ; cells without chlorophyl, 8 14 times long as broad, wide and 

 elongated at base, very numerous and elongated at angles. Branch 

 leaves distant, divergent in two rows, decurrent, ovate, gradually pointed, 

 the point twisted, sometimes turned to one side, sharply serrate all round, 

 nerve reaching middle. Perichsetium squarrose, the inner bracts 

 sheathing, narrowed into an erecto-patent point ; seta longer and thinner, 

 red, rough, capsule horizontal, longish ovate, gibbous, somewhat curved, 

 and a little contracted below mouth, reddish-brown, lid convex conic. 

 Peristome yellow. Male infl. ovate, the bracts pale, ovate, suddenly 

 pointed. 



HAB. Wet moorlands and rotten sticks on mountains. Fr. 12 2. 



The above is principally drawn up from Limpricht's excellent description 

 and from a specimen from Finland, sent by the late Prof. Lindberg, from 

 which also the drawing was made. I have seen no British specimen, but as 

 it is the type of Schimper's Slarkei, it is probable it will be found. It has 

 quite the facies of H. rntabiihnn, and is probably identical with H. cedipodium 

 MITT, in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii, 32 (1865). The British Starkei is a smaller 

 plant with narrower leaves, found also by Mr. Rogers on Tarmachan and 

 Ben Laoigh. (1881) 



36. HYPNUM RTTTABULUM L. 



Autoicous ; stems procumbent, irregularly branched. Stem-leaves 

 spreading, broadly ovate, short-pointed, serrulate, plicate, nerved above 

 half-way. Seta very rough, capsule ovate-oblong, curved, cernuous ; lid 

 conical. (T. CV, D.) 



SYN. MIISCHS terrestris latioribns foliis major sen vulgaris RAY Cat. PI. angl. ii, 208 (1677), 

 Synops. 17 (1690). 



Muscus terrestris minor precedents similis, omnium vulgatissimits RAY Synops. 2 ed. 36 

 (1696). 



Hypiium repens triar.gularibus angustioribus foliis DILL. Cat. Giss. 219 (1718). 



Hypnum dentatum vulgatissimum, operculis obtusis DILL. Hist. muse. 295, t. 38. f. 29 

 (1741), et Herbar. 



Hypnum rutabulum L. Sp. plant. 1124 (1753). HUDS. Fl. angl. 421 (1762). WEISS 

 Crypt. Goett. 224 (1770). NECK. Meth. muse. 178 (1771). WITHER. Dot. arrang. ii, 

 683 (1776). LIGHTF. Fl. scot, ii, 747 (1777). WEBER Spic. fl. Goett. 91 (1778). 

 REI.HAN Fl. Cantab. 409 (1785). ROTH F). germ, i, 466 (1788). SIBTH. Fl. Oxon. 297 

 (1794). HOFFM. Deutsch. fl. ii, 77 (1795). HEDW. Muse. fr. iv, 29, t. 12 (1797), Sp. 

 muse. 276 (1801). SWARTZ Muse. Suec. 67 (1799). BRID. Muse. rec. II, P. II, 159 

 (1801), Sp. muse. II, 183 (1812), Mant. 172 (1819), Bry. univ. ii, 485 (1827). SMITH Fl 



