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HYPNUM ELEGANS.
H y p n u m , c aule p ro c um b e n te ram o so , foliis d istich is
o v a to -lan c eo la tis en erv ib u s apice su b in cu rv is com p re s-
sis, se ta b a sila ri, c ap su la c e rn u a ovata, o p e rcu lo co-
n ic o -a c um in a to . ( T a b . IX .)
Apud Nootka, in plaga occidentali Americae Borealis, legit
D . Menzies, 1787.
Caulis sesquiiincialis, procumbens, vage r.amosus. Folia flavo-
virescentia, subnitida, bifaria, di.sticha, compressa, horizontaliter
patentia, ovato-Ianceolata, concava, enervia, apice solummodo
serrulata, secunda. Perichcetialia ovata, longe acuminata.
Seta caulis inferiore parte inserta, vix unciarn loiiga,
erecta, flexuosa, apice incurva. Capsula ovata, cernua. Operculum
conico-acuminatum. Perislomii dentes ext. rubri;
int. flavi, segmentis ciliis interpositis.
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A species in habit bearing no inconsiderable resemblance to
H . pulchellum {Leskea, Sp. Muse.) and Silesianurn, but differing
from the former in the leaves being serrated at the points;
and from the latter in the points alone being serrated, and from
both by the singularly drooping capsules.
Fig. 1, branch magn. Fig. 2, leaves. Fig. 3, pericliBetium.
Figs. 4 and 5, leaves of ditto. Fig. 6, seta and capsule. Fig. 7,
operculum. Fig. 8, e.xterior peristome. Fig. 9, interior ditto.