Hypnace^.J i6i [Stereodon. 



Hab. — On old woodwork. 



Var. S. uncinatulus Bry. eur. 1. c. t. 15, S. i — 3. 



In spreading depressed yellowish-green tufts, the stem pinnate with many 

 hooked branches. Leaves elongated with long points, margin recurved at 

 base. Capsule small, cylindric, curved, lid pointed. 



Hab. — On the ground and base of trees. 



Var. e. ericetorum Bry. eur. 1. c. t. 15, f. y. 1 — 4. 



In lax soft pale green tufts, stem 3 — 4 in. long, slender ascending, almost 

 regularly pinnate. Leaves broad, strongly falcate, serrulated all round, the 

 angular cells large and hyaline. Seta long, capsule cernuous, ovato-cylindric, 

 curved, lid acutely rostellate. 



Hab. — Heaths and shady woods. 



Among heather in Rowardennan Glen, Loch Lomond (R. Kidstoi:)\\ Beddgelert 

 (Hunt) ! ! 



Var. ^. longirostris Bry. eur. 1. c. t. 15, f. S. i — 5. 



In interwoven depressed dark-green tufts ; stems slender, with numerous 

 branches and ramuli, irregularly pinnate, the branches of unequal length. 

 Leaves divergent, slightly secund, less falcate, longish lanceolate, fine pointed. 

 Capsule suberect, slender and curved, lid long, with a slender beak. 



Hab. — Wet places and about tree-roots. 



Var. ?/. elatus Bry. eur. 1. c. t. 15, f. 17. i — 6. 



Robust, resembling H. rugosum, in lax brownish-green or rufescent tufts ; 

 stems 3 — 4 in. long, tumid, with erect slender branches. Leaves broad, 

 longish-oval, with a short point, very concave, slightly secund. Capsule erect, 

 cylindric. 



Syn. — Hypnum repens crispwn lutescens, montanum etmajus Dill. Cat. Giss. 217 (1718). 

 Hypnum cupressiforme Var. lacunosum Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. II, 136. 



Has. — Damp heaths, not common. 



Miller's Dale (Wilson). Kenmare (Taylor). Elburton, Plymouth (Holmes 1868) II 

 Guernsey (Salwey) ! Kilconquhar, Fife (Ewing 1883) ! ! Cliffs at Durness, Sutherland 

 (Dixon i8gg) ! ! 



Var. B. mamillatus Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. 11, 137 (1801). 



In dense, depressed, glossy yellowish-green tufts; stem long, slender, 

 pinnate, the branches rounded, filiform. Leaves of equal size, falcato-secund, 

 longish-lanceolate, with long, serrated points. Capsule almost symmetric, lid 

 convex, obtuse with a short point. 



Syn. — Hypnum cupressiforme Var. mamillahtm Brid. Bry. univ. ii, 608. Bry. eur. 1. c. t. 15, 

 f. e. 1-5. 



Stereodon cupressiformis ' mamillatus Lindb. Muse, scand. 38, 



