HvPNACEiE.] Ii6 \Hypmim, 



Camjrtothecinm nitens Schimp. Synops. 530 (i860), 1 ed. 637. Milde Bry. Siles. 329 

 (i86g). De Not. Epilogo 102 (1869). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 197 (1884). Husn. Muse, 

 gall. 320, t. 92 (1892). Dix. James. Stud. Handb. 397 {1896). Limpr. in Rabenh. D. 

 kr. fl. Laubm. iii, 58 (1896). 



Dioicous ; growing in bogs in yellowish-green silkj' tufts. Stems 

 irregularh- pinnate, densely radiculose, the branches bifarious acute. 

 Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, lanceolate-acuminate, deeply plicate, ner\-e 

 ending below apex, margin entire, recurved below point ; cells narrow, 

 about 12 times as long as broad, brown and longish oval at base. 

 Perichaetial bracts appressed, inner long and subulate at apex, plicate, 

 with a thin nerve, seta purple smooth ; capsule cernuous, cylindraceous, 

 arcuate, reddish brown, lid conical, pointed ; peristome yellow. 



Hab. — In moorland bogs, not comtnon. Fr. 4 — 5, rare. 



Pentland hills (Maughan). Kinross (Arnott). Argyleshire (CarmichaeJ). Acle, Norfolk 

 (Turner). Copgrove, Yorks. (Dalton). Knutsford moor, Cheshire c. fr. (Wilson) ! ! 

 Terrington Carr, Yorks. c. fr. (Spruce) ! ! now destroyed along with its companion 

 Paludella. 



A fine moss, with beautiful silky gloss, and the stems coated densely 

 with fine radicles. 



42. HYPNUM LUTES CENS Hudi. 



Autoicous ; stem suberect, irregularly branched, branches erect, 

 pointed. Leaves imbricated, elongate lanceolate, acuminate, 4-plicate, 

 entire, nerve ceasing below apex. Seta rough, capsule oblong, cernuous, 

 arched; lid conic rostellate. (T. CVII, A.) 



Syn. — Hypnnm sericcnm, snrcnHs longioribiis et rcctioribiis, capstiHs inctirvis Dill. Hist. muse. 

 325, t. 42, f. 60 (1741), et Herbar. 



Hypniim lutescens HuDS. Fl. Angl. 421 (1762). Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips. 98 (1771). 

 Wither. Bot. arr. ii, 683 (1776). Relhan Fl. Cant. Suppl. 20 (1786). Roth Fl 

 Germ. 467 (1788). Sibth. Fl. Oxon. 298 (1794). Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. ii, 75 (1795). 

 Hedw. Muse. fr. iv, 40, t. 16 (1797), Sp. muse. 274. Swartz Muse. suec. 75 (1799) 

 Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. II, 164 (1801), Sp. muse. II, 175 (1812), Mant. 172 (1819), Bry 

 univ. ii, 465 (1827). Smith Fl. Brit. 1311 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1301. Turn. Muse 

 hib. 175 (1804). ScHULTZ Fl. Starg. 333 (i8o5). Web. Mohr Bot. Taseh. 314 (1807) 

 ROEHL. Deutsuh. fl. iii, log (1813). Schwaeg. Supp. I, P. II, 237 (1816). Hook 

 Tay. Muse. Brit. 100 (i8i8). Hook. Fl. Scot. P. II, 143 (1821), Br. Fl. ii, 83 (1833) 

 FuNCK Moostaseh. 60, t. 42 (1821). Gray Nat. Arr. i, 757 (1821). Hleben. Muse 

 Germ. 640 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 28 (1838). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. II, S. 3, 296 (1848) 

 C. Muell. Synops. ii, 370 (1851). Wils. Bry. Brit. 338 (1855). Berk. Handb. br. ra, 

 75i t- 5> f- 2 (1865). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 331 (1884). Boulay Muse. Fr. 

 137 {1884). 



Hypniim sericeum yS. pralongum Weiss Crypt. Goet. 255 ("770). 

 Hypmim sericeum R, ramosum Leers Fl. Herborn. {1775). 

 Hypnum myosuroidcs 8. pralongum Web. Spic. fl. Goett. u. 163 (1778) 

 Neckera sericea Var. /S. Leyss. Fl. Hal. n. 1075 (1783). 



