CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCl. Font:nalis. 1009 
Hedw. Sm. Cinclidotus Fontinaloides. Hook. E.) Banks of the Thames* 
on the walls of Lambeth Palace, and on the banks of the Isis at Oxford. 
Dill. (Water of Leith below Collinton. Mr. G. Don. Grev. Edin. E.) 
P. Aug.—Oct. 
F. Squamo'sa. Capsules lateral: leaves tiled; awl-spear-shaped. 
Dicks. H.S. — Hedw. Stirp. iii. 12— [E. Bot. 1861 — Muse. Brit, xxii, E.)—* 
Bill 33. 3— J. B. iii. 778. 3. 
Leaves sometimes spear-shaped, pointed. Very nearly allied to F. aniipy- 
retica. Huds. Capsules egg-shaped, sessile. Neck. Long and slender; 
fertile stem generally forked; barren stem more branched; four to six 
inches long. Leaves long spear-shaped, partly embracing the stem, so 
slender as to appear awl-shaped to the naked eye. Hedw. Shoot four to 
twelve inches long, branched, floating* in the direction of the stream* 
slender, black, bare near the root. Leaves dark green, smooth, shining, 
black when dry. Branches three-sided. Capsules on the side of the 
branches sessile, egg-shaped, immersed in a leafy involucrum. Dill. 
The lower parts of the stems losing their leaves resemble horse-hairs 
matted together. Stackh. Capsules usually produced on the shoots of the 
preceding year, or on the still older branches: never on the young shoots. 
Griff. 
(Greville observes, “ one of the most striking characters is the glistening 
or shining appearance, which is so evident, especially when dried, that 
Bauhin applies to it to the epithet lucens.” E.) 
Scaly Water-moss. Mountain rivulets in Wales, the north of England 
and Scotland. In the rivulet by the old castle, near Llanberris. Mr. 
Griffith. Rivulets near Penzance. Mr. Stackhouse. (Water of Leith, 
near Redhall. Dr. Greville. E.) P. June—Oct. 
F. penna'ta. Capsules lateral: leaves pointing two ways; expanding. 
Hedw. Stirp. iii. 19 — [Grev. Scot. Crypt. 109 — Muse. Brit. Sup. iv. E.)— 
Vaill. 27. 4 — Hal. Fnum. 3. 2, at p. 109, Hist. 46. 2, at iii. p. 56 — Bill. 
32. 9 — Schmid. 58. 2. 
Leaves with wavy wrinkles. Capsules sessile; nearly cylindrical. Neck. 
Shoots creeping and forming compact patches. Branches one inch long or 
more. Leaves closely compacted, about a line in length, and one fourth 
of a line in breadth. Capsules solitary or in pairs, chiefly on one side the 
branches, one line long and half as broad, smooth, green, changing to 
reddish. Mouth without a ring, closed with a white fringe. Lid pointed. 
Veil but half the size of the capsule ; smooth. Involucrum composed of 
spear-shaped, pointed, shining leafits, taller than the capsule arid closely 
embracing it. Pol. Stem thread-shaped, rigid; branches in opposite 
directions, decumbent with age. Leaves without veins. 
Feathered Water-moss. Neckerapennata. Hedw. Hypnum pennatiim. 
Gmel. Trunks of trees, rare. (Beech tree at Fotheringham, near Forfar. 
Mr. Drummond. Muse. Brit. E.) A. Aug.—Oct. 
F. capilla'cea. Capsules axillary : leaves strap-bristle-shaped, point¬ 
ing one way; those of the receptacle very long, convoluted, awl- 
shaped. Dicks, ii. 1. 
(j E. Bot , 3432— Muse. Brit. xxii. E.)— Bill 33. 5. 
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