Hypnace^.] 157 [Stereodon. 



I. STEREODON LINDBERGH Mitt. 



Dioicous ; in very pale tufts, stem ascending with few distant branches. 

 Stem-leaves large, falcato-secund, widely ovato-lanceolate, with a short 

 broad point, entire, or with a few teeth at point, nerves two, short, cells at 

 angles hyaline, inflated. Capsule long, ovate, incurved, lid convex-conic. 

 (T. CXIII, C.) 



Syn. — Hypmi.n palmtre Var. R, viride Hartm. Skand. fl. 3 ed. 313 {1838). 



Hypnum curvifoUum (non Hedw.) C. Muell. Synops. ii, 292, p.p. (1851). 



Hypnum pratense Var. fj, WiLS. Bry. brit. 399 (1855). 



Hypnum, arcuaium (non Hedw. nee Sulliv.) Lindb. in Oefv. Kon. vetens. Akad. 

 foerhandl. 1861, p. 371. Hartm. Skand. fl. 8 ed. 516 (1861). De Not. Epilogo 180 

 (1869). ScHiMP. Synops. 2 ed. 758 {1876). HusN. Muse. Gall. 406 (1894). 



Hypnum patientice Lindb. Op. c. ut. synon, Milde Bry. Siles. 363 (1869). Hobk. Synops. 

 2 ed. 225 (1884). BouLAY Muse. Fr. 36 (1884). Dix. James. Stud. Handb. 474 (1896). 



Hypnum pratense B, hamatum ScHiMP. Synops. 628 (i860). 



Hypnum Linclbergii Mitt. Journ. Bot. 1864, p. 122. Hartm. Skand. fl. g ed. 20 (1864). 

 LiMPR. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. iii, 498 (1899). 



Hypnum viride (non Lamk.) Lindb. in Acta soc. sci. fenn. X, 98 (1871). 



Hypnum pratense Var. arcuaium MoL. Moost. Alg. Alp. 108 (1865). 



Stereodon (Drepanium) arcuatus Lindb. Muse, scand. 38 (1879). 



Dioicous ; in lax, very pale yellowish -green glossy' tufts ; stems 

 red ascending, irregularly and distantly branched. Stem-leaves crowded, 

 falcato-secund, widely ovato-lanceolate with short blunt points, very 

 concave, entire, faintly serrate at point, nerves two, short and double, 

 sometimes one ; cells narrow and pointed, at base yellow longish oval, at 

 the concave angles large, oval-hexagonal, inflated and hyaline. Branch- 

 leaves longer-pointed, narrower. Perich. bracts pale, erect and sheathing, 

 lanceolate, plicate, seta purple, capsule brown, horizontal, longish ovate, 

 curved, lid convex-conic, orange, teeth of peristome yellow, united at base. 



Hab. — Marshy ground in woods and moors, not common. 



About Warrington (Wilson), Frequent in N. Yorkshire {Spruce) ! I Near Newton 

 Viaduet, Lanes. (Wilson). Bantry (Miss Hutchins). Near Montrose (Miss Lyall) ! ! 



The fruiting plant is very rare, and the one drawn was collected by 

 Lindberg near Stockholm. Its pale whitish brown colour is peculiar and 

 characteristic. 



2. STEREODON IMPONENS {Hedw.) Brid. 



Dioicous ; growing in expanded yellowish -green or rufescent tufts. 

 Stems pinnate, paraphyllia lanceolate or palmate. Stem-leaves falcato- 



