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CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum, 
(Curling Feather-moss. Pterogonium Smithii. Sw. Sm. Muse. Brit. 
E.) Trunks of trees (at the half-way house,, E.) near Barham 
Downs, Kent. Sir J. E. Smith. (Near Walthamstow. Mr. Dillwyn. 
Near Weymouth. Mr. Groult. E. Bot. Abundant in Devonshire. Muse. 
Brit. E.) 
H. PENNA f TUM. Leaves egg-spear-sliaped, tiled, pointed, in two rows, 
compressed, waved: involucrum as long as the fruit-stalk. 
Dicks. H. S. — Hedw. Stirp. iii. 20— (E. Bot. 1443— Muse. Brit. xxii. E.)— 
Dicks. Ease. i. 8. 
Differs from H. complanatum in the leaves being transversely waved, and 
the fruit-stalk not being longer than the involucrum; and from Fonti~ 
nalis pennata in the capsule standing out of the involucrum. Dicks. 
(Small Quilled Feather-moss. E.) Neckera pumila. Hedw. Sm. 
Hook. Muse. Brit. E.) H.pumilum, and H. Dicksoni , of Gmel. Trunks 
of trees in woods between Troutbeck and Ambleside, Westmoreland. Sir 
J. E. Smith. (Colbourn Grove, adjoining the Frith wood, near Pains- 
wick, Gloucestershire : in fruit in May. Mr. Oade Roberts. Very abun¬ 
dant in the New Forest, Hants: at Inverary and Cliesh, plentiful, but 
generally rare in Scotland. Muse. Brit. E.) 
H. Nf tens. Branches very short: leaves spear-awl-shaped, shining. 
{FI. Dan. 1123. 2— E. Bot. 1646— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)—Dill. 39. 37. 
Shoots upright, one to three inches high. Branches lateral. Leaves closely 
set. Fruit-stalks terminal and axilary. Capsules egg-shaped, leaning 
when ripe. Lid short, conical, pointed. Mouth entire. Web. Leaves 
very narrow, almost hair-like. Involucrum very long. Dill. Fruit-stalk 
near two inches long; capsule rather crooked, which gives it the appear¬ 
ance of leaning. 
(Shining Hair-like Feather-moss. E.) Turf bogs, Scotland. Dicks, 
ii. 12. (Fentland Hills. Mr. Maughan. Near Acle, Norfolk. Mr. 
Turner. E.) 
H. plumo'sum. Shoots creeping: branches crowded: leaves tiled, 
awl-shaped. 
Dicks. H. S. — Hedw. Stirp. iv. 15— (E. Bot. 2071— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)— 
Dili. 35. 16. 
Shoots about a span long, brownish, with dark rust-coloured wool under¬ 
neath, by which it adheres closely. Branches from each side of the shoot, 
generally undivided, clothed with very slender soft and shining leaves. 
Involucrum hairy. Dill. 
(Plumose Feather-moss. II. alpinum. E. Bot. 1496, according to Muse. 
Brit. E.) H. {iericeum (3. Huds. 506. Trunks and roots of trees: 
(moist banks and walls. E.) Jan.—Feb. 
C. (2) Shoots winged with branches : capsules leaning. 
H. prolif'erum. Shoots proliferous: nearly fiat, not shining: fruit- 
stalks several together: involucrum bristly. 
Curt. — {E. Bot. 1494— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)— Dill. 35. 14— Vaill. 25. 1— 
H. Ox. xv. 5, row 3. 20— Tourn. 326. c.'—Ger. 1372. 7— Ger. Em. 1561. 7 
—Park. 1360. 3 —J. B . iii. 765. 1. 
