Hypnace^.] 24 [Amblystegium. 



Syn. — Muscus terrestris omnium minimus capitulis majusculis oblongis crectis Ray Synops. 

 2 ed. 38, ii. II (i6g6). 



Hypnum repens trichoides terrcstre minimum, capitulis majusculis oblongis erectis Dill. 

 Cat. Giss. 216 (1719), et in Ray Synops. 3 ed. 85. 



Hypnum trichodes serpens, setis ct capsulis longis erectis DlLL. Hist. muse. 329, t. 42, f. 64 

 (1741) et Herbar. 



Hypnum serpens L. Sp. plant. 1130 (1753), Syst. nat. ii, 705. HuDS. Fl. angl. 429 (1765). 

 Weiss Crypt. Goett. 277 (1770). Neck. Meth. muse. 175 (1771). Wither. Bot. 

 arr. ii, 689 (1776). Lightf. FI. scot, ii, 763 (1777). Weber Spie. fl. goett. 97 (1778). 

 Relh. Fl. cant. 416 (1785). Sibth. Fl. oxon. 302 (1794). Hedw. Muse, frond, iv, 45, 

 t. 18 (1797), Sp. muse. 268. Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. II, iii (1801), Sp. muse. II, 243 

 (18x2), Mant. 183 (1819), Bry. univ. ii, 642 (1827). Sm. Fl. brit. 1306 (1804), Eng. Bot. 

 t. 1037. Turn. Muse. hib. 169 (1804). Schultz Fl. Starg. 322 (1806). Web. Mohr 

 Bot. Tasch. 300 (1807). Wahlenb. Fl. lapp. 376 (1812), Fl. earpat. 359 (1814). 

 ScHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. II, 260 (1816). Roehl. Deutsch. fl. iii, iro (1813). Mart. Fl. cr. 

 erl. 15 (1817). Hook. Tayl. Muse. br. 94 (i8i8). Hook. Fl. scot. p. 2, 142 (1821). 

 FuNCK Moost. 50, t. 45 (1821). Gray Nat. arr. Br. pi. i, 754 (1821). Hueben. Muse, 

 germ. 679 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 10 (1838). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. II, S. 3, 292 (1848). 

 C. Muell. Synops. ii, 411 (1851). WiLS. Bry. brit. 362 (1855). Berk. Handb. br. m. 

 96 (1863). HoBK. Syn. 163 (1873). Boul. Muse. Fr. 79 (1884). 



Neckera serpens Willd. Prodr. Fl. Berol. n. 935 (1787). 



Hypnum subtile (non Hedw.) Dicks. Fase. IV, 17. Sm. Eng. Bot. t. 2496. 



Hypnum spinulosum Hedw. Sp. muse. 269, t. 6g, f. 5 —10. 



Hypnum contextum Hedw. Sp. muse. 273, t. 72, f. 5 — 12 (1801). 



Amblystegium serpens Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fase. 55 — 56, p. 8, t. 3 (1853). Schimp. Synops. 

 591 (i860), 2 ed. 709. MiLDE Bry. siles. 323 (1869). De Not. Epilogo 153 (1S69I. 

 Hoek. Synops. 2 ed. 212 (1884). Husn. Muse. gall. 357, t. 102 (1893). Dix. James. 

 Stud. Handb. 442 (1896). 



Autoicous ; in depressed soft tufts, dull, bright or yellowish green. 

 Stem creeping, rooting in all its length, densely ramulose, branches 

 attenuated, flexuoso- erect. Cauline leaves ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 remote, patulous, nerve thin, vanishing below apex, ramuline more 

 crowded, generally subsecund, narrower, more acuminate and chloro- 

 phyllose; cells rhomboid-hexagonal, pellucid, the angular subquadrate in 

 a single row. Perichsetium pale, on a short branch ; bracts erect, 

 elongate, apiculate, thin -nerved, sulcate. Capsule incurvo-cernuous, 

 elongate cylindraceous, subarcuate, expanded at mouth, constricted 

 below it, yellow and rufescent, often two-coloured, finally ferruginous, 

 lid convex-conic; annulus of 3 rows of minute cells; teeth pale 

 ferruginous, patulous and incurved when dry, processes entire, cilia 

 perfect. 



Hab. — Damp shady banks, stones and tree trunks, common. Fr. 4 — 5. 

 Var. y8 tenne ScUmp. 



Plants very slender and matted, the branches straight, erect ; leaves 

 minute, with long points and a very short nerve ; capsule short, more regular. 



Syn. — Schimp. Synops. 592. Husn. Muse. gall. 357. 



