Hypxace,e.j 114 [Hypniim. 



Dioicous ; in lax whitish-green tufts, rather glossy ; stem slender, 

 ascending, with few irregular branches. Stem-leaves crowded, erecto- 

 patent, appressed when dry, ovato-lanceolate, tapering into long acute 

 points, plicate, nerved above half-wa}-, flat and entire at margin ; cells 

 oval at base, quadrate and rectangular at the slightly decurrent angles ; 

 branch-leaves lanceolate, biplicate. Perich. bracts long and lanceolate, 

 ending in a long recurved subula ; seta red, smooth, capsule cernuous, 

 ovate, gibbous, cur\ed, dark brown, lid conical, apiculate ; teeth }ellow. 

 Male infl. gemmiform, the bracts ovate, acuminate, nerveless. 



Hab. — Damp sandy ground, not uncommon. Fr. 11 — 12. 



In a sterile state this is difficult to distinguish from H. plumosum, but the 

 leaves are quite entire with longer slender points, and the basal angular cells 

 smaller and more numerous. 



40. HYPNIIM GLAEEOSUM Brwh. 



Dioicous ; in pale spreading soft glossy tufts ; stem subpinnate, wth 

 erect acute branches. Stem-leaves erecto-patent, ovato-lanceolate with 

 a long slender acumen, many-plicate, entire nerved half-way; cells at 

 basal angles quadrate. Seta smooth, capsule cernuous, ovate-oblong, 

 arcuate, lid conical, apiculate. (T. CVI, C.) 



SvN. — Hypnum plumosum Hedw. Stirpes iv, 37, t. 15 (1797) p.p. 



Hypnum plumosum R, Minnidunense Brid. Sp. muse. II, 173 (1812). 



Hypnum albicans y, Minnidunense Brid. Bryol. univ. ii, 494 (1827). 



Hypnum salebrosum (non Hoffm.) Hook. Tayl. Muse. Biit. 2 ed. 166 Supp. t. 5 (1827). 

 Berk. Handb. 78 (1863). Hobk. Synops. 148 (1873). Boulay Muse. Fr. 131 (1884). 



Hypnum glareosum Bruch in sehed. C. Muell. Synops. ii, 361 (1851). Wils. Bry. 

 Brit. 338, t. 35 (1855). 



Brachytheciiim glareosum Be. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 52 — 54, p. 19, t. 18 {1853). Schimp. 

 Synops. 533 (i860), 2 ed. 644. De Not. Epilogo 114 (1869). Milde Bry. Siles. 337 

 (i86g). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 198 (1884). Husn. Muse. Gall. 324, t. 93 (1892). Dix. 

 James. Stud. Handb. 400 {1896). Limpr. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. iii, rig (1896). 



Dioicous ; in soft spreading pale green glossy tufts ; stem irregularly 

 pinnate ; branches erect, simple, acute. Stem-leaves imbricated, erecto- 

 patent, decurrent, ovato-lanceolate, with a long slender acumen and many 

 irregular plaits, nene ending above middle, margin entire or with a few 

 teeth toward apex ; cells oval at base, quadrate at angles ; branch-leaves 

 nar^o^^-e^. Perich. bracts sheathing at base, squarrose, inner serrate at 

 point and suddenly elongated into a fine subula. Seta red, smooth ; 



