Hypnace^.J 167 [Stereodon. 



Hypnum cupressi/orme Var. crispatissimum Bruch in PI. norveg. Unio itin. 1828. 



Hypnum hamiilosum Var. micranthum WiLS. Bry. Brit. 396, t. 58 (1855). Berk. Handb. 

 124 (1869). 



Hypnum hamulosum Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 57 — 61, p. 20, t. 10 (1854). Schimp. 

 Synops. 621 (i860), 2 ed. 752. Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 391 (1884). Husn. 

 Muse. Gall. 400, t. 115 (1894). Dix. James. Stud. Handb. 475 (1896). Limpr. in 

 Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. iii, 491 (i8gg). 



Hypnum callichroides MoL. in Flora 1863, p. 381 et 396. 



Stereodon hamulosus Lindb. Muse. Seand. 38 (1879). 



Hypnum chlorochroum JuR. in lit. MoL. Bayern. Laubm. 260 (1875). 



Hypnum Dovrense Kinds, in Mem. de See. nat. des scien. nat. de Cherb. xxiv, 12 (1885). 



Dioicous and pseudautoicous ; in dense cushioned tufts, brittle, 

 yellowish-green. Stem slender, ascending, subpinnate, the branches 

 fasciculate, paraphyllia few, lanceolate-subulate. Stem-leaves crowded, 

 strongly falcato-secund, from an ovate base, lanceolate, gradually 

 subulate, margin somewhat recurved at base, serrulate only in the point, 

 nerves two, short ; cells narrow, vermiform, obtuse at ends, at base 

 longish-oval, becoming smaller at angles. Perichsetium radiculose, the 

 bracts divergent, inner ovate, acuminate, plicate, serrate only at point ; 

 seta red, capsule cernuous, cylindraceous, reddish-brown, lid conical 

 obtuse, peristome yellow. Male infl. small sometimes nestling in the 

 radicles. 



Hab. — Mountain rocks, rare. Fr. 7 — 8. 



Ben Lavvers, Craig Chailleach and other adjacent mountains (Wilson 1829) ! ! Ben Ledi 

 (Stirton 1866) ! Helvellyn, Long Sleddale & Tarn Crags (Binstead, 1885) ! ! 



Sect. B. PYLAIEA {Br. Sch.) Mitt. Capsule erect or inclined. Leaves 

 spreading on all sides. 



II. STEREODON INCITRVATUS (Schrad.) Mitt. 



Autoicous ; in small green tufts, stem prostrate, with short curved 

 branches. Leaves subsecund, pointing upward, oblong-lanceolate, 

 longly acuminate, entire, nerves two, very short. Capsule cernuous, 

 subcylindric, curved, lid conical. (T. CXV, B.) 



Syn. — Hypnum incurvatum Schrad. Syst. samml. i, 18 (1796). Roth Fl. Germ, iii, P. I, 287 

 (1800K Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. II, 119 (1801), Sp. muse. II, 163 (1812), Mant. i6g 

 (1819), Bry. univ. ii, 451 (1827). P. Beauv. Prodr. 65, excl. syn. Hedw. (1805). 

 Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 342 (1807). Roehl. Deutseh. Fl. iii, 117 (1813). Schwaeg. 

 Suppl. I, P. II, 285, t. 94 (1816). ScHULTz Fl. Slarg. Suppl. 80 (1819). Funck Moost. 

 65, t. 49 (1821). HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 675 (1R33). C. Muell. Synops. ii, 416 (1851). 

 Br. Sch. Bryol. Eur. fasc. 57—61, p. 15, t. 5 (1854). Wils. Bry. Brit. 403, t. 59 

 (1855), Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2839. Berk. Handb. 127 (1863). Boul. Muse. Fr. 42 

 (1884). Husn. Muse. Gall. 398, t. 115 (1894I. Dix. James. Stud. Handb, 469 (1896). 

 Limpr. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. iii, 456 (1899). 



Hypnum LesMoides Brid. Sp. muse. II, 177. 



