1070 CRYPTOGAM1A. MUSCI. Hypnum. 
Fertile shoots trailing, the barren ones upright. Fruit-stalks one or two 
inches long; from the bosom of the branches. Neck. Shoots from three 
to six inches, undivided, winged. Wings leafy. Fruit-stalks from the 
middle of the shoots, one or more in a place. Fence hairy. Capsules 
reclining. Lid conical, short, blunt. Weis. Sometimes branched, al¬ 
ways sending out numerous lateral shoots, which are shorter as they 
grow nearer to the end of the stem. Leaves very numerous, pleasant 
green, narrow, bent back. Dill. 
(Fern Feather-moss. Under the present species Messrs. Hooker and 
Taylor include H. dubium ; also H.fallax , E. Bot. 2127. E.) Marshy 
places, and near springs. P. March—Summer. 
H. crista-castren'sis. (Stems closely pectinated: leaves falcato- 
secund, ovato-lanceolate, acuminated, serrulate, striated, faintly 
two-nerved at the base: capsule oblongo-ovate, curved, cer- 
nuous: lid conical. 
( E. Bot. 2108— Muse. Brit . xxvii. E.) 
It very much resembles an ostrich feather from its shining parallel rays, by 
which, and by its silky hue, it is readily distinguishable. Fructifications 
seldom to be met with. Linn. 
(Plumy-crested Feather-moss. II. crista-castrensis. Linn. Hedw. E. 
Bot. Hook. Rocks, about the roots of trees in dry woods and on the 
ground in stony soils, rare. Near Hawe Water, Rev. James Dalton. 
Clova mountains, Scotland. Mr. Drummond. Muse. Brit. E.) 
P. March -June. 
C. (3) Shoots winged with branches : capsules drooping . 
H. du'bium. Shoots taper-pointed: leaves upright but expanding: 
capsules oblong, crooked. Dicks. 
(j E. Bot. 2126. E.)— Dill. 36. 21. 
Leaves yellow green, smooth, narrow, spit-pointed, upright on the 
upper, reflected on the lower shoots. Fruit-stalks often bent and twisted 
in a young state; afterwards becoming straight. Capsule oblong, 
crooked when old. Lid short. Involucrum pyramidal, its seales hair- 
pointed. Dill. 
(Fine Curved-leaved Feather-moss. E.) Wet heaths and marshy 
places. Feb. 
H. abie'tinum. Branches somewhat cylindrical, distant, unequal: 
leaves egg-spear-shaped, closely tiled. 
(E. Bot. 2037— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)— Bill. 35. 17— Vaill. 29. 12—//. Ox. 
xv. row 4. 22, p. 626. 
Fruit-stalks from the middle of the rib of the shoot, single, purple, straight, 
as long as the shoot. Veil upright, awl-shaped, pale. Capsule yellowish 
red, more bowed back than in any of the rest; edge of the mouth entire, 
with a short open fringe within. Linn. Shoots two to four inches long, 
elastic when fresh, brittle when dry. Wings limber, alternate below, 
opposite and shorter above. Leqfits egg-spear-shaped, scored, ending in 
hairs, closely tiled. Weis. Branches straight. leaves straight, which 
distinguishes it from H. Filicinum. Scop. Grows matted together, half 
upright, sometimes branched, three to live inches long. Side shoots awl- 
