Hypnace^.] 95 [Hypnum. 



Stems repeatedly divided, flexuose prostrate, with many dense-leaved 

 branches. Leaves spreading, broad, ovate-oblong, elongated, gradually 

 short-pointed. 



Svn. — Hypnum inundatum Brid. Muse. rec. 11, P. II, t. 5, fig. 3. 



Rhynchostegium rusciforme Var. y- inundatum Bry. eur. I.e. t. 10, y. i — 6. 



Hab. — By sides of streams. 



Var. 8. prolixum [Dicks.) Turn. 



Stem floating, divided into many very long flagelliform branches, with few 

 lateral shoots. Leaves divergent, broadly ovato-lanceolate, alternately large 

 and small, gradually acutely pointed. 



Syn. — Hypnum palustre erectum prcelongum, minus ramosum, latioribns et friangularibus foliis 

 Dill. Cat. Giss. 219. 



Hypnum aquaiicum prolixum, foliis ovatis Dill. Hist. muse. 298, t. 38, f. 32. 



Hypnum riparium /?. Weber Spic. fl. Goett. 81. 



Hypnum prolixum Dicks. PI. crypt. Fasc. II, 13. 



Hypnum ruscifolium p. prolixum Turn. Muse. hib. 153. 



Rhynchostegium rusciforme Yat. prolixum Bry. eur. I.e. t. 10, f. p. 3. 



Hab. — In deep water courses in limestone districts. 



24. HYPNUM MURALE Nech. 



Autoicous ; stem creeping, with crowded erect turgid branches. 

 Leaves imbricated, erecto-patent, roundish-ovate, very concave, entire, 

 nerved half-way. Capsule ovate, lid rostrate. (T. CIII, A.) 



SyN. — Hypnum myosuroides brevius et crassius, capsulis cernuis Dill. Hist. muse. 318, t. 41, 

 f. 52 (1741) et Herb. 



Hypnum vulgare, dentatum, operculis cuspidatis Dill. op. c. 297, t, 38, f. 30 A, et Herb. 



? Hypnum clavellatum L. Sp. pi. 1130 (1753). 



Hypnum murale Neck. Del. Gallo.-Belg. ii, 479 (1768). Hedw. Descr. iv, 79, t. 30 (1797), 

 Sp. muse. 240 (1801). Wither. Bot. arrang. 3 ed. iii,85i (1796). Swartz Muse. suec. 

 67 (1799)- Brid. Muse. ree. II, P, II, 103 (1801), Sp. muse. II, 157 (1812), Mant. 168 

 (1819), Bry. univ. ii, 586 (1827). Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. 1, 318 (1800). Smith Fl. brit. 

 1304 (1804). Turn. Muse. hib. 166 (1804). Schultz Fl. starg. 320 (1806). Web. 

 MoHR. Bot. Tasch. 323 (1807). Roehl. Deutseh. fl. iii, in (1813). Voit Muse. herb, 

 no (1812). ScHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. II, 198 (i»i6). Hook. Tayl. Muse. brit. 98 (181S). 

 FuNCK Moost. 57 (1821). Gray Nat. arrang. i, 755 (1821). Hook. Fl. scot. P. 2, 143 

 (1821). Hueben. Muse. germ. 623 (1833). Db Not. Syllab. 37 (1838). Rabenh. D. 

 kr. fl. II, S. 3, 285 (1848). C. MuELL. Synops. ii, 346 (1851). WiLS. Bry. brit. 356 

 (1855). Berk. Handb. 93 (1865). Hobk. Synops. 159 (1873). Boulay Muse. Fr. g8 

 (1884). 



Hypnum velutinum /8. murale Neck. Meth. 172 (1771). 



Hypnum abbnviatum Hedw. Sp. muse. 249, t. 65 (iSoi). 



