CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCL Hypnum. 
1065 
between the shoots, and from the bosom of the leaves. Capsules short, 
thick, drooping-. Lid beaked. Mouth, fringe long. Weis. Leaves deep 
dull green. Fruit-stalks half an inch high. Dill. (The stems often 
exceed a span in length; and the leaves, in certain situations, attain a 
greater size than in any other species. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Long-beaked Water Feather-moss. E.) II. riparioides. Hedw. 
H. rutabulum 8 . Huds. and With. Ed. ii. (Recent authorities have de¬ 
cided II. prolixum, Dicks, to be only an elongated var. of this species. E.) 
(On woods and stones in pools and rivulets. E.) The shoots are often in- 
crusted with calcareous earth, which in time accumulates thereon so as to 
form masses of twenty or thirty pounds weight. Weis. P. March—Sept. 
H. lutes'cens. Shoots trailing: fruit-stalks lateral: leaves egg« 
spear-shaped, scored. 
Licks. H. S. — (E. Bot. 1301— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)— Hedw. Stirp. IV. 1G 
— Dill . 42. 60. 
Differs from II. sericeum in the shoots being longer, more slender, and 
limber; the branches more distant and less crooked, the fruit-stalks 
longer, the leaves and the involucrum longer ; the capsules rather shorter, 
and bent; the lid also bending. Fruit-stalks from the shoot as well as 
from the branches. Dill. Plant of a pale yellow green. 
(Yellowish Feather-moss. E.) H. sericeum y. Huds. Ed. ii. 506. 
(Banks, and trunks of trees, not uncommon. E.) P. Jan.—April. 
H. cassu'eicum. Leaves spear-shaped, scored, hair-pointed : capsules 
cylindrical, leaning. Dicks. 
Kaill, 27. 1. 
Nerves on the leaves more than three. Capsules never upright. Scop. 
(Striated Feather-moss. E.) On trees, in moist shady places. 
H. intrica'tum. Shoots creeping : branches short: fruit-stalks late¬ 
ral: capsules urn-shaped, beak bent: leaves spreading, spear- 
shaped, taper-pointed. 
E. Bot. 202— mil. 28. 2. 
Forms a close green mat on the decayed bark of trees in damp woods. 
Shoots several inches in length. Branches short, slender. Veil slender, 
cylindrical, whitish. E. Bot. 
(Matted Feather-moss. E.) First found by Mr. Teesdale, and since 
by Sir J. E. Smith, in woods on the south east side of the river at Mat- 
lock. 
H. undula'tum. Shoots branched: branches somewhat winged: 
leaves waved and folded: fruit-stalks lateral and axillary. 
Dicks. H. S. —( E.Bot . 1181— Muse. Brit. xxiv. E.)— Dill. 36.11— H. Ox. 
xv. 6. 33. 
A span long, lying flat. Leajits closely tiled, in a double or triple series. 
Weis. Fruit-stalks long, slender, reddish. Veil straw-coloured, with a 
brown spot at the end. Capsules oblong. Lid spit-pointed. Mouth 
fringed. Involucrum, leaves narrow, short, bent back. Shoot not always 
branched; its rib yellowish. Leaves tender, pellucid, smooth, shining, 
pale green, not changing colour when dry. Involucrum lateral, and in 
