200 BBITISH MOSSES. 



Plate XXXIII. 



HYPNB^ (continued). 



2. Lid rostrate. 



Fig. 1. Hypnum ceassineevum. 



TMclc-leaved Feather Moss (a) . 



Colov/r. Dark green. 



Stems. Creepingj branches erect, few. 



Leaves (6) . Ovate-acuminate, serrated ; margin reflexed, concave ; nerve thick, 



to above half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta rough, capsule narrow, ovate, cemuous, beak 



long. Winter. 

 Locality. Shady rocks, chiefly on limestone. 



Fig. 2. Hypnum pilifeetjm. 



Sair-pointed Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, pinnate, branches attenuate. 



Leaves (6) . Imbricated, ovate, |3oints hair-Hke, serrated, nerved half-way up. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous j seta rough; capsule cernuous, oblong j lid as long 



as the capsule. Winter. 

 Locality. Shady banks and woods ; fruit rare. 



Fig. 3. Hypnum cikehosum. 



Tendril-pointed Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Brownish green. 



Stems. Procumbent, cyliadrical, branches few, short, obtuse. 

 Leaves (6) . Closely imbricated, concave, poiated, nerved faiatly half-way. 

 Floivers and Fruit unknown in any locality. 

 Found on the summit of Ben Lawers. 



