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^3S 374. Hypnum. 14.. MUSCI. Pl.cell.fol
25. Hypnum alhicans. Whitish feather-moss.
Leaves upright, spreading, ovate, lanceolate, pointed,
streaked, uncut; main rib reaching halfway; capsules ovate,
drooping; peduncles smooth; lid conical.
Hypnum (errcslre erectum humilius
in Rail Syn. S3, 19.
albicans, ramulis teretibus, Dillen
Hypnum albicans, Necker Muse. 180; Engl. But. 1300.
- On sandy open places.
h. Ste7n with the leaves not fiat^ lower part hare • leaves on
all sides, imiform in their direction, serrated; main rib
shorter than the leaf or 0.
' 26. Hypnum alopecurum. Foxtail feather-grass.
Stem upright ; below simple, naked ; above branched,
branches in bundles : leaves concave, ovate, elliptical, pointed,
serrated, main rib nearly reaching the tip, edge turned
ovef; capsule ovate, droo])ing; lid beaked.
Hypnum palusfre erectum, arbusculam referens, ramulis subrotundis,
Rail Syn. 81,8.
Hypnum alopecurum, Lin. S. P. 1594; Engl. Bot. 1182.
On shady banks_, in woods.
27. Hypnum dendroides. Treelike feather-grass
Stein upright ; below simple, naked ; above branched,
branches in bundles ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, streaked,
serrated at the tip, main rib nearly reaching the tip ; capside
upright, ovate, cylindrical; lid beaked,
Hypnum erectum, arbusculam referens, ramulis subrotundis confertim
nascentibus, Raii Syn. 81,9.
Hypnvim dendroides, Lin. S. P. 1593; Engl. Bot. 1565.
Leskea dendroides, Hedio. S. Muse, 228.
JSieckera dendroides, Swartz M. Suec. 71.
Ciimacium dendroides, Mohr, Germ.
In woods and moist pastures.
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 cap-
sule : inner peristome segments cleft at the base.
i. Stem with the leaves not flat, leafy heloiu ; leaves on all
sides, uniform in their direction, serrated, main rib shorter
than the leaf or 0; capsules upright.
28. Hypmim curvatum. Bent feather-moss.
Branches in bundles, bent; leaves ovate, elliptical, concave,
serrated at the tip; main rib disappearing beyond the
middle; co/J5^^Ze ovate, upright ; lid beaked.