Hypnace^.] 78 \Hypnum. 



Rhynchostegium circinaium De Not. Cronaca II, 11 (1867) ; Epilogo 78 (1869). 

 Leskea dtstans De Not. Epilogo 246 (i86g). 

 Leskea circinata Lindb. in litt. 



Dioicous ; in depressed, dull deep green rigid tufts ; stems creeping, 

 stoloniform, subpinnate. Branches short, fascicled, circularly curved 

 when dry. Leaves crowded ; cauline cordate-ovate, broad-pointed, 

 nerved nearly to apex, feebly plicate, margin finely serrate all round ; 

 branch-leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, closely imbricated when dry, 

 margin recurved at base ; cells very short, apical very small, oval, 

 median rhomboidal, basal numerous, rounded-quadrate. Perichsetial 

 bracts squarrose, inner lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate in upper half, 

 with a slender nerve ; seta short purple, smooth, capsule cernuous, 

 subcylindric, curved, lid conic, obliquely rostrate, peristome pale 

 brown. 



Hab. — Limestone rocks and walls near the S.W. coast of England ; star. 



Tyfry, Anglesey (WJkon). About Bristol (Thwaites)\[ Helston, Cornwall (Rev. C.A. 

 Johns). Near Plymouth (Holmts) ! ! Innisfallen {Hunt, 1867) ! ! Hayle Sands 

 (Curnow). Dorking (MitUn). 



A Mediterranean moss, very rare in fruit, and differing from all the other 

 species in its small leaf-cells. Schimper's Scorpiurium rivale is a robust variety 

 found on rocks in streams. 



10. HYPNTJM PALLIDIROSTEE A. Braun. 



Dioicous ; stem creeping, filiform, subpinnate, branches very 

 slender, subcomplanate. Leaves very small, ovate spreading serrulate, 

 nerved half-way. Perichsetial bracts very small, erect, seta rough, 

 capsule roundish-ovate, cernuous, lid rostrate. (T. XCIX, D.) 



Syn. — Hypntim Swartzii j3. tninus Turn. Muse. hib. 151, t. 14, f. 2 (1804). 



Hypnum pmlongum Var. pallidirostrum Brid. Bry. univ. ii, 767 (1827). 



Hypnum pallidirostrum Braux in litt. C. Muell. Synops. ii, 413 (1851). 



Hypnum pumilum WiLS. in Eng. Hot. Suppl. t. 2942 (1843), et Bry. brit. 351 (1855) 

 Berk. Handb. 88 (1863). Hobk. Synops. 156 (1873). Boulay Muse. Fr. no (1884). 



Eurhynchium prtelongtim ^. pumilum Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 57 — 61, p. 8, t. 7, j8. (1854). 



Eurhynchium pumilum Schimp. CoroU. 119 {1856), Synops. 561 (i860), 2 ed. 675. Milde 

 Bry. siles. 307 (1869). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 205 (1884). Husn. Muse. gall. 341, t. 98 

 (1893). Dix. James. Stud. Handb. 419 (1896). Limpr. in Raben. D. kr. Fl. Laubm. 

 Ill, 194 (1897). 



Rhynchostegium pumilum De Not. Cronaca II, 12 (1867), Epilogo 87 (1869). 



