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HYPNUM striatum.
Common Striated Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
G en. Char. Caps, ovate-oblong, from a lateral scaly
sheath. Outer fringe o f 16 teeth, dilated at the base:
inner a variously-toothed membrane. Ceil smooth.
Spec. Char. Branches straggling. Leaves triangular,
somewhat ovate, pointed, minutely serrated, single-
ribbed, striated. Lid awlshaped.
Syn. Hypnum striatum. Schreb. Lips. 91. Sm. Ft.
B r it. 1321. Hedw. Sp?Musc. 275. Crypt, v. 4.
32. t. 13. W ith . 850. Hull. 270. Sibth. 415.
Turn. Muse. Hib. 180.
H. longirostrum. Ehrh. Crypt. 15.
H. Rutabulum y . Huds. 497. /3. Relh. 433.
H. vulgare dentatum, operculis cuspidatis. Dill. Muse.
297. t. 38. f . 30.
H . repens, triangularibus minoribus foliis, pediculis et
capitulis brevioribus et tumidioribus, minus. Raii
• Syn. 80. _______________
A l m o s t as frequent as the last in shady bushy places,
whether dry or wet, bearing fruit in March and April.
It agrees with H. Ireviroslre in habit and colour, but is generally
somewhat larger and more straggling, and differs in
many very essential characters. The leaves are so broad at the
base as to be almost deltoid or triangular; their lower half is
marked, on each side of the rib, with several longitudinal
plaits or furrows; and their edge is finely, acutely, and
closely serrated. The fruitstalks are always in every part
smooth and even. The lid ends in a fine taper point, and is
as long as the capsule.