HYPNUM. 2 1 5 



525. H. elodes, Spruce. St. elongate, slender, with 

 subpinnate', slender, suberect branches. L. distant, 

 spreading ; br. 1. lanceolate-subulate, apex almost seta- 

 ceous, secund ; st. 1. wider, less secund, all entire or 

 subserrulate at base, nerved nearly or quite to apex. 

 Capsule cylindrical, curved, cernuous, lid conical. 

 Dioicous. 



Wet places and bogs. April, May. 



526. H. chrysophyllum, Bi-id. St. creeping, pinnate. 

 L. almost squarrose, subsecund, from a cordate, ovate, 

 concave base, tapering into long setaceous points, 

 entire, nerved more than half way, areolse not enlarged 

 or diaphanous at base. Caps, large, cylindrical, curved, 

 cernuous, lid conical. Dioicous. 



Fallow ground, chalk hills, &o. May — September. 



527. H. stellatum, Schreb. St. 1 — 2 inches, erect, 

 densely tufted. Br. irregular or subpinnate, cuspidate. 

 L. squarrose, recurved, rather suddenly tapering into 

 a long point, from a deltoid-ovate base, with a few large, 

 diaphanous cells at basal angles, nerveless, entire. 

 Caps, oblong, curved, cernuous, lid convex, pointed., 

 Dioicous. 



Marshes and bogs. May, June. 



Var. /3. PEOTENSUM. St. creeping, much branched. 

 L. shorter. 



528. H. polygamum, Bry. Eur. St. 1 inch or more, 

 procumbent, subpinnate. L. spreading, less squarrose, 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering into shorter points than last 

 two, entire, nerved nearly to apex, areola larger at 

 base. Caps, oblong, subcernuous or subhorizontal, lid 

 conical, pointed. 



Wet swampy places. May. 



Var. yS. STAGNATUM. St. longer, suberect, more pin- 



