766 
37 4. Hypnum. 14. MUSCI. 
PZ. cell. fed. 
58. Hypnum cupressiforme. Cypresslike feat her -moss. 
Leaves closely tiledlike, sicklelike, facing one way, lan- 
ceolate, pointed, uncut, except the tip which is serrated, 
very faintly 2-ribbed at bottom ; capsule cylindrical, slightly 
drooping ; lid conical, pointed. 
Hypnum repens crispum cupressiforme, Raii Syn. 89, 48. 
Hypnum myosuroides sericeum tenuius, capsulis erectis, Dillen. Muse. 
318. 
Hypnum cupressiforme, Lin. S. P. 1592 ; Engl. Bot. 1860. 
Hypnum nigro-viride, Dickson Crypt. 4, 18. 
On banks, and trees, also on walls. 
/3. compressum. Stem slender, compressed ; leaves sickle- 
like, facing one way. 
Hypnum filicinum sericeum, molle et pallidum, mucronibus aduncis, 
Dillen. Muse. 286. 
Hypnum compressum, Lin. Mant. 2, 310. 
In shady woods. 
y. tenue . Stem very slender; leaves very slightly curved, 
narrow, lanceolate, uncut. 
Hypnum repens trichoides terrestre viridius minus, capitulis cernuis 
minus tumidis, Raii Syn. 84. 26. 
Hypnum polyanthus, Engl. Bot. 1664, not of Schreber. 
Hypnum filiforme, Hudson Angl. 497. 
Hypnum filifolium. Withering Arr. 862. 
Leskea filiformis, Sibthorp Ox. 303. 
On trees. 
59. Hypnum cristceforme . Crestlike feather-moss. 
Stem closely comblike ; leaves sicklelike, facing one way, 
ovate, lanceolate, pointed, finely serrated, streaked, faintly 
2-ribbed at bottom ; capsule oblong,, ovate, bent, drooping; 
lid conical. 
Hypnum Crista-castrensis, Lin. S. P. 1591 ; Engl. Bot. 2108, not of 
Hudson. 
In woods. 
60. Hypnum molluscum. Softish feather-moss , 
Stem comblike ; leaves sicklelike, facing one way, heart- 
shape, sharp-pointed, serrated, not streaked, faintly % ribbed 
at bottom ; capsule oblong, ovate, bent, drooping ; lid 
conical. 
Hypnum quod Muscus filicifolius luteus, folio crasso et undulato D. 
Richardsoni, Raii Syn. 86,32. 
Hypnum molluscum, Hedw. S.- Muse. 289 ; Engl. Bot. 1327. 
Hypnum Crista-castrensis, Hudson Angl. 498, not of Linnreus. 
On dry chalk-hills. 
