CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum, 
1059 
y. Stem short, simple, capsule inclined. Dicranum tamarind folium. Turn. 
Sm. E.)* 
A. (2) Unbranched, winged with leaves. Capsules leaning. 
H. denticularum. Seldom branched: fruit-stalks from the base: 
capsules cylindrical: lid blunt: leaves wedge-shaped, acute, in 
pairs, two-rowed. 
(E. Bot. 1260— Muse. Brit. xxiv. E.)—Dill. 34. 5—H. Ox. xv. 6, row 1. 
36 —VailU 29. 8. 
Leafits triangularly egg-shaped, hooked. Web. Shoots several, lying on 
the ground, half to one and a half inch long, seldom branched. Leaves 
in a double row on each side, soft, pellucid, shining, pale green, pointed 
and bent back towards the end. Fruit-stalks from the base of the shoots, 
reddish, an inch or more in length. Capsules oblong, straight, covered 
by the veil, which is of a straw colour ; becoming bent as it approaches 
to maturity. Lid short. Dill. 
(Drs. Hooker and Taylor discriminate var. a. angustifolium ; leaves ovato- 
lanceolate, distant, quite plane: and chiefly among mountains, the less 
frequent. 
Var. j8. obtusifoliam : leaves ovate, more or less obtuse, slightly concave. 
These learned Museologists also consider H. Donnianum , E. Bot. 1446, as 
merely an intermediate variety. E.) 
(Sharp Fern-like Feather-moss. E.) Woods, and moist shady 
places on the ground, and on trunks of trees. P. Mar.—April. 
A. (3) Branched : winged with leaves : capsides leaning. 
H. trichomanoi'des. Leaves oblong, blunt, hollowed on the under 
edge: capsules nearly cylindrical: beak bent. 
* (The authors of the work above cited mention having in their possession specimens of 
this little plant gathered by the adventurous Mungo Park in the interior of Africa. This 
might have been the identical species to whose exhilarating influence even his prolonged 
existence may be ascribed, as happily alluded to in the very interesting “ Wonders of the 
Vegetable Kingdom.” “ The exhausted traveller found himself in the midst of a vast 
wilderness, surrounded by savage animals, and by men still more savage. He was five 
hundred miles from the nearest European settlement, and, considering his fate ascertain, he 
thought that he had no alternative but tolie down and perish. At this moment the extraordi¬ 
nary beauty of a small moss irresistibly caught his eye, and, though the whole plant was not 
larger than the top of one of his fingers, he could not contemplate the delicate formation of 
its leaves and capsules without admiration. Can that Being, thought he, who planted, 
watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which 
appeals of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of 
creatures formed after his own image ? Thoughts like these would not allow him to 
despair. He started up, assured that relief was at hand, and he was not disappointed.” 
Ed. 2. p. 148. 
“ Should fate command me to the farthest verge 
Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, 
Rivers unknown to song; * * 
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* * * I cannot go 
Where unhersal l)ve not smiles around.” E.) 
