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Plate XXXV. 



HYPNE^ [continued). 



[b) . Leaves roundish, obtuse, entire. 



Fig. 1. Htpnum palustee. 



Water Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Ci'eepingj brancliedj branches irregular, curved [cuspidate] at the ex- 

 tremities. 



Leaves (&) . Secund, eUipticalj concave, nerve reaching more than half-way, 

 those of the pericheetium striated, erect. 



Flowers and Fruit. Monoicousj capsule ovate, cemuous, not horizontal, lid 

 conical. Summer. 



Locality. Stones in rivulets. 



Fig. 2. Htpnum molle. 



Soft Feather Moss [a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Procumbent, creeping, branched ; branches short, obtuse. 

 Leaves [b) . Concave, elliptic, acumiaate, entire, scale-like, flabby in texture, 



two-nerved. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) capsule ovate, seta curved. Summer (?) 

 Locality. Eocks and stones in rivulets. Not common. 



Fig. 3. Htpnum dilitatum. 



Broad-leaved Feather Moss [a) . . 

 Colour. Brown green. 



Stems. Slender, branched, branches straight, simple. 

 Leaves [b] . Broadly ovate, suddenly acuminate, poiat obtuse, serrated, nerved 



half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous (?) capsule broad, sub-erect. Summer (?) 

 Locality. Near Aber, North Wales. Mr. Wilson's MS. 



