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HYPNUM salebrosum.
Pale shining Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Fruitstalks lateral. Peristome double,
outer of 16 teeth; inner peristome a membrane
cut into 16 segments with intermediate filiform
processes. Calyptra dimidiate.
Spec. Char. Stems procumbent, sub-pinnate. Leaves
erecto-patent, loosely imbricated, ovato-subulate,
acuminated and striated, the margins reflexed,
serrulate above, nerved more than half-way.
Pruitstalk smooth. Capsule ovate, cernuous.
Lid conic-acuminate.
Syn. Hypnum salebrosum. JVeb.Hg Mohr. FI. Crypt.
Germ. 312. Hook. 8g Tayl. Muse. Brit. 166.
Bridel. Bryol. Unio. 2. 478. Hooker’s Engl.
FI. 2. 1 83.
F R O M the neighbourhood of Cotteral Wood in Cheshire,
where it was first found by the late Edward Hobson, of
Manchester, a zealous collector and also a vender of cry-
ptogamic plants.
An elegant species, ripening its capsules in January, remarkable
for its pale green colour, growing on moist declivities
in a marly soil. Stems straggling, procumbent.
Branches nearly erect. Leaves loosely imbricated, very
thin and chaffy, somewhat unilateral, moderately spreading,
ovate and concave below, with three strong furrows or
striae; the upper portion suddenly contracted and much
acuminated, serrulated; the point almost hair-like, margin