CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. 
1071 
shaped, numerous, opposite, surrounded on every side by small dull 
yellow green leaves. Dill. No fructification yet found in this country. 
(Fir-branched Feather-moss. E.) Mountainous places. On hills 
near Hinksey, Oxfordshire. Dillenius. In shady places, and on chalk 
hills about Northfleet. P. March. 
H. PRiELON'GUM. Shoots somewhat winged, trailing, fibrous: branches 
remote: leaves egg-shaped. 
Hedw. Stirp. iv. 29— (E. Bot. 2035— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)-— Dill. 35. 15— 
Vaill. 23. 9— Buxb. iv. 63. 3. 
Leajits serrated. At first sight distinguishable from all other Hypna 
by its shoots being very long, very closely crowded together, covering 
the trunks of trees, in broad patches and hanging down. Shoots trailing, 
very tender, brittle when dry, a span long, or more, clinging to the trees 
by means of numerous brown, woolly fibres. Leajits small, triangular, 
ending in a hooked hair, alternate, in a double row. Weis. From a span 
to a foot in length, doubly winged. Leaves very small, triangular. 
Fruit-stalks an inch long, purple. Capsules dull green, brown when 
ripe, short, nodding. Veil pale green, straight. Dill. 
(A very variable species, under which Hooker and Taylor comprehend H. 
Stokesii , E. Bot. 2036 ; and H. Swartzii. E. Bot. 2034. E.) 
(Long Trailing Feather-moss. E.) Trunks of trees, decayed wood, 
and in wet ground. P. Oct. —Feb. 
D. (1) Leaves bent back: capsules upright. 
H. rugo'sum. Shoots scattered, rather upright: leaves pointing one 
way, wrinkled at the base : fruit-stalks axillary. 
Licks. H. S .— {E. Bot. 2250. E.)— Bill. 37. 24. 
Leaves spear-shaped, narrow, sharply pointed, closely tiled. Pol. Shoots 
seldom more than three inches long, thick, lying on the ground, crowded 
together, irregularly branched. Leaves exceedingly crowded, dry, crisp, 
their points in one direction, yellow green, when old or dry quite yellow. 
The fruit-bearing plants grow a little distant from the others, and have 
a different appearance. They are thinner, more pointed, the leaves 
more uniform, anil less yellow. Involucrum. open, scaly, at the origin of 
the branches. Fruit-stalks three quarters of an inch high. Capsules 
cylindrical, straight, slender, red when ripe. Dill. 
(Yellow Wolf’s-claw Feather-moss. (H. rugosum. Linn. Dicks. Sw. 
Sm. H. rugosum. Hedw. is quite a different plant, represented as 
H. rvgulosum in Mnsc. Brit. xxvi. E.) In bogs in Scotland. Near 
Loch Rannoch. Dickson. (On Prestwick Carr, Northumberland. Mr. 
Winch. E.) 
H. flagella're. Shoots creeping : branches upright, rarely divided : 
leaves spear-shaped, taper-pointed, the ends reflexed. 
Dill. 39. 42— {Muse. Brit. xxv. E.) 
Le^es small, smooth, not very pellucid; produces its capsules in Sept. 
(Many-branched Water Feather-moss. H. umbratum. E. Bot. 
2565 ? E.) On stones near rivulets in the Highlands of Scotland. (On 
dripping rocks in the upper part of Westcrowe Dene, west of Wolsing- 
ham, Durham. Mr. Winch. E.) 
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