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liis nullis, capsulae turgide ovatae vel subglobosae oper- 

 culo mamillari. 



Folia sguarrosa. 



2. Hylocomium squarrosum Schpr. 



Caespites lati molles, laete vel pallide virides. Caulis 

 tenuis, flexuoso-erectus vel procumbens, subsimplex, re- 

 mote ramulosus, ramulis inaequalibus acutis flexuosis. 

 Folia caulina dense conferta, e basi erecta concava diva- 

 ricato-squarrosa, e late ovato longe et anguste lanceolata 

 tenui acuminata, ecostata et brevissime bicostata, ramu- 

 lina minora, minus squarrosa, terminalia patentia, remo- 

 te et obsolète dentata, haud sulcata. Flores masculi cau- 

 logeni, polyphylli, foliis subsecundis. Perichaetii longi 

 squarrosi folia intima subulato-acuminata, apice serrata. 

 Capsula subito horizontalis, turgide ovata vel subglobosa, 

 rufo'brunnea vel castanea, sicca deoperculata inclinata 

 pedicello dextrorsum torto. Operculum convexo-conicum, 

 apiculatum. Annulus e duplici série cellularum composi- 

 tus. Peristomii processus inter articulationes hiantes. 



Hylocomium squarrosum Br. et Sch. Bryol. eur. V, p, 9, T. 492. — 



Schimp. Synops. Musc. eur. p. 656. 

 Hypnum squarrosum L. Sp. Pl. p. 1593. — G. Mûli. Synops. II, 



p. 443. — Steph. Enum. stirp. p. 53. — Mart. Pr. Fl. 



mosq. p. 199. — Weinm. Syllab. II, p. 488. 



Habit, in depressis dumetosis, atque graminosis humi- 

 dis, ad sylvarum margines; Sokolniki (Goldb.); Stepan- 

 kovo — in sylvis umbrosis ad radiées Betulae albae co- 

 piose, secl stérile inveni. 



Fruct. matur. vere. 



3. Hylocomium triquetrum Schpr. 

 Caespites elati, extensi, rigidi, e lutescente vel laete 



virides. Planta procera, robusta, erecta vel assurgens, 



