Hylocomiwn. 



HYPNACEjE.j 



orange quadrate. Perich. bracts erect, two-nerved, broadly lanceolate, 

 acute not striated, seta purple, capsule cernuous, castaneous, ovate- 

 oblong, curved, lid conical, peristome orange, inner with 2-3 cilia. 

 H AB.-\Yoods and shady banks, common. Fr. 10-11, rare. 



Linnaeus tells us that the name refers to the use of the moss in Sweden, to 

 stop the crevices in their wooden houses. It appears to have been used for a 

 similar purpose in this country, as it has been found in ancient crannoges m 

 several localities. 



Sect C RHYTIDI \DELPHUS. Stem distinctly pinnate with unequal 

 branches,' without paraphyses. Stem-leaves squarrose or recurved, plicate 

 longitudinally. 



6. HYLOCOMITJM TRIQUETRUM (L.) BY. Sch. 



Dioicous; stems erect, rigid, subpinnate. Stem-leaves cordate at 

 base, triangular, gradually narrowing to an acute point, squarrose, 

 striated, two-nerved. Capsule roundish-ovate, cernuous, lid conical. 

 (T. CXI, A.) 



SVN. J/Hsn/s tcrreslris maxlmus ramosus ercctior, latioribus et pallidioribus foliis RAY Syncps. 



2 ed. 36 (1696). 

 Hvpaum refcns triangularibiis majoribus ct pallidioribus foliis DILL. Cat. Giss. 219 (1718), 



'et in RAY Synops. i, 3 ed. So (1724). 

 Hypnum vulgare, triangulum, maximum et pallidum DILL. Hist. muse. 293, t. 38, f. 28 



(1741) et Herbar. 



Hypnum triquetrum L. Sp. plant. 1124 (1753). HUDS. Fl. Angl. 420 (1762). WEISS 

 Crypt. Goett. 222 (1770). NECK. Meth. muse. 185 (1771). WITHER. Bot. arrang. ii, 

 682 (1776). LIGHTF. Fl. Scot. 746 (1777). WEB. Spic. Fl. Goett. 77 (1778). HEDW. 

 Fundam. II, 94 (1782), Sp. muse. 256 (1801). RELH. Fl. Cant. 409 (1785). ROTH 

 Fl. Germ, i, 465 (1788). SIBTH. Fl. Oxon. 297 (1794). HOFFM. Deutsch. fl. ii, 66 

 (1795). SWARTZ Muse. Suec. 59 (1799). BRID. Muse. rec. II, P. II, 157 (1801), Sp. 

 muse. II, 197 (1812), Mant. 175 (1810), Bry. univ. ii, 508 (1827). SM. Fl. Brit. 1324 

 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1622. TURN. Muse. Hib. 186 (1804). SCHULTZ Fl. Starg. 331 

 (1806). WEB. MOHR Bot. Tasch. 354 (1807). WAHLFNB. Fl. Lapp. 373 (1812), Fl. 

 Carpat. 359 (1814). SCHWAEO. Suppl. I, P. II, 280 (1816). HOOK. TAYL. Muse. Brit. 

 108 (1818). HOOK. Fl. Scot. P. 2, 146 (1821). GRAY Nat. arrang. i, 763 (1821). 

 FUNCK Moost. 64, t. 48 (1821). HUEBEX. Muse. germ. 665 (1833). DE NOT. Syllab. 

 40 (1838). RABENH. D. kr. fl. II, S. 3, 278 (1848). C. MUELL. Synops. ii, 444 (1851). 

 WILS. Bry. Brit. 385 (1855). BERK. Handb. 114, t. 9 (1863). MILDE Bry. Siles. 344 

 (1869). HOBK. Synops. 182 (1873). BOULAY Muse. Fr. 2 (1884^. LESQ. JAMES Moss. 

 N. Amer. 409 (1884). 



Hylocomium triquetrum BR. SCH. Bry. Eur. fasc. 4951, p. 8, t. 5 (1852). SCHIMP. Synops. 

 657 (1860), 2 ed. 803. DE NOT. Epilogo 97 (1869). HOBK. Synops. 2 ed. 234 (1884). 

 HUSN. Muse. Gall. 424, t. 123 (1894). Dix. JAMES. Stud. Handb. 498 (1896). LIMPR. 

 in RABENH. D. kr. fl. Laubm. iii, 5^2 (1901). 



Dioicous ; in tall, rigid, glossy, yellowish or bright green tufts. Stem 

 red, erect dichotomous, pinnate; branches unequal, attenuated and 

 decurved, or short and thick. Stem-leaves squarrose, cordate at base, 

 broadly ovate, gradually triangular and acute at apex, scariose and rough 



