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H Y P N U M viticulofum.
Cylindrical Hypnnm.
C R .T P TOG A M I A Muß.
Gen. Char. Cap/, with a lid. Veil fmooth. Flower.
ftalk from a lateral tubercle invefted with fcales.
S pec. Char. Stems creeping. Branches eredl,
ftraggling, cylindrical. Leaves fpreading, pointed.
S yn. Hypnum■ viticulofum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1592.
Hudf. F I . A n . 501. With. Bot. A r r . v . 3. 131.
Relb . Cant. 4 1 2 .
H. repens trichoides arboreum majus, capitulis
et furculis ereftis, minus ramofis. R ail Syn. 85.
H . fubhirfutum, viticulis gracilibus ere&is, cap-
fulis teretibus. Dill. M u ß . 307. /. 39. ƒ. 43.
T H I S mofs was kindly communicated by the Rev. John
Hemfted of Newmarket, with the Hypnum adiantoides. It
often forms confiderable denfe tufts about the roots of old
trees, fometimes among rocks and on chalk hills. When
too much expofed to the fun, or when otherwife dried up,
it turns very yellow, efpecially the older leaves. The creeping
(hoots are clofely entangled, and throw up numerous
branches without any order, which are very upright, often
fimple, but generally once or twice divided, clothed with
lanceolate fpreading acute leaves. The flower-ftalks grow
folitary towards the top, and are not very long. Capfule
cylindrical, with about 16 fimple teeth, and a taper lid. Veil
light brown, pointed.
When dry the leaves curl in, and give the plant a very
crifped appearance. The capfules are to be found in April,
and remain in a dry Hate through the fummer; but they are
much more frequent in the north of England than with us.