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7. Hypnum tenelliim. Tenderfeather-moss.
Leaves in bundles, upright, lanceolate, awlshape, uncut,
main rib reaching the tip; capsule ovate, drooping; lid
beaked.
Hypnum tenellum, Dickson Crypt. 4, 16; Engl, Bot. 1859.
On limestone rocks and old walls.
8. Hypnum serpens. Crawlingfeather-moss.
Leaves ovate, lanceolate, rather blunt, spread open, un-
cut, main rib reaching to the point; capsule cylindrical,
crooked, drooping ; lid conical.
Hypnum repens trichoides terrestre minimum, capitulis majnsculis oblongis
erectis, Raii Syn. 85, 27.
Hypnum serpens, Lin, S. P. 1596 ; Engl. Sot. 1037.
Hypnum tenue, Schroder.
Hypnum contextum, Hedw. S. Muse.
Hypnum spinulosum, //erfto. S. Masc. 269.
Hypnum subtile, Dickson ; Engl. Bot. 2i96.
On moist banks, trees, pales, and decayed wood.
d. Stems with the leaves not flat ; leaves all round the stem^
uniform in their direction, serrated ; main rib reaching to
or beyond the point.
9. Hyp?ium populeum. Poplar feather-moss..
Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, edge slightly turned
over ; main rib reaching the point ; capsule ovate, nearly
upright ; peduncles rough ; lid conical.
Hypnum populeum, Hedw. S. Muse. 70,
Hyimam'implexam, Steartz Jet. Holm. 1193; Engl. Bot. 158i.
Hypnum plumosum, Swartz M. Suec, 66.
On trees and rocks.
10. Hypnum reflexum. Turned-overfeather-moss .>
Leaves heartshape, pointed, serrated, main rib reaching
capsule ovate, droop-
the point, edge slightly turned over ;
ing ; peduncles rough ; lid conical.
Hypnum reflexum, Web. Sf Mohr Crypt. Germ. 306 & 476; Hooker 3f
Taylor Muse, 95.
On mountains.
e. Stem with the leaves not flat ; leaves all round the stem,
unform in the direction, ovate or elliptical, uncut j main
rib shorter than the leaf or 0.
1 1 Hypnum molle. Softfeather-moss.
Leaves loosely tiledlike, rounded, ovate, blunt, concave,
uncut, faintly 2-ribbed at bottom, or with one short rib
capsule ovate, drooping; lid conical.