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CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCT. Hvpnum. 
H. cupressiforme . Linn. (With. E.) Hedw. Turn. Srn. Hook. H. nigro- 
viride . Hicks. Turn. 
/3. compressum. Stems slender, compressed; leaves falcato-secund, 
II. compressum. Linn. (With, to Ed. vii. E.) 
y. tenue. Stems very slender; leaves very slightly curved, narrow, lanceo¬ 
late, quite entire. 
H. polyanthos. E. Bot. 1664. (not Leskea polyanthos. Hedw.) Turn. 
(Cypress-branched Feather-moss. E.) On banks and trunks of trees, 
common. Muse. Brit. E.)* 
II. mollus'cum. (Stems pectinated: leaves falcato-secund, cordate, 
much accumulated, serrated not striated, faintly two-nerved at the 
base : capsules oblongo-ovate, curved, cernuous: lid conical. 
Hedw. Stirp. iv. 22— (F. Bot. 1327— Muse. Brit, xxvii. E.)— Dill. 36. 210. 
(Compressed Feather-moss. H. molluscum. Hedw. Turn. Sm. Hook. 
H. compressum. With, to Ed. vii. II. crista-castrensis. Dicks. On the 
ground, common. March—April. 
E. Plant shrub-like bra?iches fasciculated. 
H. dendroi'des. Shoot upright, naked below, above with bundles of 
leafy branches : leaves strap-spear-shaped, tiled: capsules nearly 
cylindrical, upright: beak bent. 
Dili. 40. 48—( E. Bot. 1565— Muse. Brit. xxv. E.)— FI. Dan. 823. 2— 
H. Ox. xv. 5, row 5. 31— Tourn. 326— Vaill. 26. 6—Happ. 1. Hypn. 1. 
Readily distinguished by its stems closely compacted together, its shrub¬ 
like appearance, from two to four inches high, terminated by a bush of 
branches. Branches upright, cylindrical, smooth, pointed at the end. 
Leaves egg-spear-shaped, pointed, flat, closely tiled. Weis. Fruit-stalks 
more than an inch long, from the base of the branches; upright. Cap¬ 
sules slender, upright. Lid conical, short. Veil slender. Dill. Fruit- 
stalks longer than the shoots. Veil covering the whole capsule. Leaves 
a little serrated. Leers. (The columella in dry weather raises the lid 
spirally, and allows the escape of the seeds,* moisture contracts the 
columella in the same spiral manner, and again closes the capsule. Gray. 
E ° 
(Tree-shaped Feather-moss. E.) Moist woods and shady places, about 
the roots of trees, and in moist pastures. P. Feb.—March. 
H. alopecu'rum. Shoot upright: branches fasciculated, terminal, 
subdivided : capsules rather drooping. 
(E. Bot. 1182— Muse. Bi'it. xxv. E.)— Dill. 41. 49— Vaill. 23. 2 and 5 — 
II. Ox. xv. 5, row the last. 
In its tree-like mode of growth it resembles H. dendroides 3 but the shoots 
are longer, the trunk is taller, the branches expand more, and are more 
frequently branched again ; the extremities are not straight, but hanging 
down, and the leaves expanding. When dry the leaves bent back at the 
points, but in II. dendroides they lie closely adpressed. Weis. Stem four 
(Well adapted for packing wLatercr requires a soft clastic covering. E.) 
