1064 CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. 
H. me'dium. Shoots creeping: leaves broad, spear-shaped, pointed, 
tiled but open: capsules cylindrical, fringed. 
(j?. Bot. 1274— Muse. Brit. xxiv. E.)— Bill. 42. 65. 
Crowded together. Leaves pressed to when dry. Fruit-stalks less than 
half an inch in length. Dill. (Of a very lurid colour. Muse. Brit. E.) . 
Long-headed Feather-moss. Trunks of trees near the ground, and on 
stones. P. Jan.—Feb. E.) 
H. pulchei/lum. Shoots crowded, upright: branches somewhat fas¬ 
ciculated, strap-shaped: fruit-stalks long: capsules upright, 
somewhat oblique. Dicks, ii. 13. 
Dicks. II. S. and Fasc. 5. 6— (E. Bot. 2006— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.) 
Shoots short, crowded in close tufts. Branches nearly equal, expanding. 
Leaves near together, egg-spear-shaped, shining. Involucrum short. 
Fruit-stalks as long again as the shoot, rising from its base, upright. 
Capsules inversely egg-shaped. Fringe toothed. Lid pyramidal. Veil 
none on the specimens. Dicks. (A small species, rarely exceeding an 
inch in length. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Fine-tufted Feather-moss. E.) Shady woods, and among rocks in 
mountainous countries. 
H. viticuxo'sujvi. Shoots branched, prostrate: leaves oblong, acute, 
expanding : capsules oblong : lid conical. 
Dicks. H. S. — Dill. 39. 43— (E. Bot. 265— Muse. Brit. xxii. E.)— H. Ox. 
xv. 5, row 1. 7— Vaill. 23. 1— Pluk. 47. 4. 
Covering trunks of trees in large patches. Stems fibrous, creeping, very 
long, branched. Branches upright, when dry cylindrical, and twisted 
like a rope. Leafits nearly triangular, the upper ones largest. Fruit- 
stalks about an inch high, rising from the bosom of the branches, out of 
small hairy scaly fences. Capsules small, shining. Lid very short, 
conical, pointed. Mouth appearing fringed when magnified, smooth to 
the naked eye. Weis. Fruit-stalks and capsules upright. Crisp when 
dry. Leaves triangular, keeled, pointed, but not hairy. Dill. 
(Cylindrical Feather-moss. H.viticulosum. Linn. Dill. Sm. Neckera 
viticulosa. Hedw. Turn. Anomodon viticulosum. Muse. Brit. Hook. E.) 
On trunks of trees, and sometimes on the ground. P. March—April. 
B. (2) Branches irregular : leaves irregular : capsules leaning. 
H. ruscifo'lium. Stem elongated, somewhat branched: leaves heart- 
shaped, concave, finely serrulated, diverging: lid convex, beaked. 
Hedw. Stirp. iv. 4— E. Bot. 1275— Muse. Brit. xxvi. E.)— Dill. 38. 31. 
Adhering to stones under water, in broad patches, one or two inches or 
more in length, according to the rapidity of the stream. Branches 
upright, cylindrical below, flat above. Leaves egg-spear-shaped, closely 
tiled, two-rowed, and less compacted upwards. Fruit-stalks on the stem 
reported to be free from the property of imbibing and communicating contagion, which 
animal substances possess. Some other Mosses may be found still better adapted to such 
purposes. E.) 
