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t h e S r r considered otherwise than in
e light of a very interesting addition to the British Flora and
ot unlikely to remain a rare plant. I mentioned unde H d f
morpkuM (at 1 .160. of this work), that it was my env ahff lot
to discover this species on a rock on Ben Lawers in aTexem.
Mr w t t H o o k e r and
M l I V a e k e r A r n o t t . It is not necessary to repeat mv
n m tT f / satisfactory cliaractos
must be found to separate it from H. stellaium T b m
- s s resembles H. Halleri in habit “ r i s m ^
littrd-ffi not very nearly; so that there can be
e y f i S r th two plants with the naked
2 rbk i ! ™i“ oscope, the main discrepancies seem to
be, that Hypn. stellaium has the leaves loosely set L u
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lai both in position and length; and the lid of the can<!’de
acutely conical. Hypn. Halleri, on the other hand has the
eaves closely imbricated at their base, their upper half bein^
mcurved, aud slightly serrulate; the branches always short a |
erect; and tbe lid of tbe capsule conical, but with L a”
Fig. 1. H . Halleri, nat. size. Fiff. e Pm-tim, n f a „ ,