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Plate XXXVI. 



HYPNE^ (contiimed). 



C. Stem pinnate, or hi-pinnate, erect, with branched fibres (villi) araong the, 

 leaves; fructification from the upper part of the stem. 



1. Stem simply pinnate. 



Fig. 1. Hypnum abietinum. 



Pine-tree Feather Moss (a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Erect, rigid, thickly covered with vilKj branches attenuated. 

 Leaves (5) . Imbricated, erecto-patent, ovate -acuminate, plicate, serrate, covered 



with glands (papillose) , nerved almost to the apes. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; capsule cylindrical, cernuous ; not found in Britaiuj 



and extremely rare. 

 Locality. Rocks, &c., and near the sea. 



Fig. 2. Htpnum Blandovii. 



Blandow's Feather Moss {a) . 

 Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Erect, thick, covered with villi, branches slender, regular, numerous. 

 Leaves (6) . Broadly ovate, acute, keeled, serrulate, margin recurved, nerve 



almost to the apex. 

 Flowers and Fndt. Monoicous; seta long; capsules numerous, oblong, curved; 



May. 

 Locality. Bogs. Rare. 



