Musc1 Bxorict.—WMVenziesiant. 
HYPNUM STOLONIFERUM. 
Hypnum caule repente inferne denudato, ramis erectis 
pinnatim ramosis, foliis undique imbricaiis erec*is 
ovato-ellipticis acuminatis serratis, nervo ultra medium 
evanescente, seta breviuscula, capsula ovata cernua. 
(Tas. LXXIV 
Has. In plaga occidentali Americ occidentalis. D. Menzies, 
1787. 
Caulis repens, flexuosus, inferne denudatus, stperne ramosus, 
atque hic illic stolonifer, stolonibus folioso-squamosis, radican- 
tibus, ramis numerosis, brevibus, erectis, simplicibus vel pin- 
natim divisis, attenuatis, Folia lutescente-viridia, nitida, 
erecta, appressa, undique imbricata, ovata, vel ovato-elliptica, 
attenuata, serrata, ¢erminalia magis attenuata, omnia sub- 
striata, nervo supra medium evanescente instructa, Periche- 
tialia squarrosa, tenuiter acuminata, fere enervia, subinteger- 
rima. Seta vix unciam longa, subcurvata, levis. Capsula 
ovata, cernua, fusca, Peristomium flavum, ut in Hypni genere. 
EERE mm 
The great resemblance of this plant to Hypnum curvatum and 
Hi, myosuroides will strike even the most casual observer ; while 
from the former it will be found to differ in the more acuminated 
and far more serrated leaves; from the latter in the broader and 
more elliptical ones ; and from both in the drooping capsule and > 
much larger size of the whole plant. Like the species just men- 
tioned, Mr. Menzies also observes of this, that it grows suspended 
from the branches and about the roots of trees in the north-west 
coast of America, 
— 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, leaves. Fig. 3, 3, leaves. 
ig. 4, perichetium, fruitstalk, and capsule, Fig.5, teeth of outer 
Peristome, Fig. 6, portion of inner peristome=—magn, 
