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HYPNUM attenuatum.
Taper-branched Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musa.
G en. Char. Caps, ovate-oblong, from a lateral scaly
sheath. Outer fringe of 16 teeth, dilated at the base:
inner a variously-toothed membrane. Veil smooth.
Spec. Char. Stem much branched. Branches incurved.
Leaves ovate, pointed, imbricated, single-
ribbed ; the upper ones rather leaning one way.
Capsule erect. Lid conical.
Syn. Hypnum attenuatum. Schreb. Lips. 100.
Dicks. Crypt, fuse. 2. 13. Sm. FI. Brit. 1279.
With. 860. Hull. 272.
H. repens tricliodes arboreum majus, cauliculis ra-
mosis. Dill. Muse. 331. t. 42. f . 66.
Leskia attenuata. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 230. Crypt,
v. 1. 33. t. 12.
S u C H as we have only can we here present to our friends.
Dillenius never saw the fruit of this moss, nor have we more
than one aged capsule, on the specimen given by Mr. Dickson,
gathered by him on trunks of trees in Scotland. It accords
exactly with the specimens of Dillenius, and, if we are
not much mistaken, with some, destitute of fructification, sent
by Dr. R. A. Hedwig.
The stems are very much branched, leafy, ascending, entangled,
the branches and their extremities incurved. Leaves
imbricated every way, close-pressed when dry, dull-green, or
tawny, ovate, broad, short, entire, single-ribbed, taper-pointed
; the upper ones rather curved, the same way as the branch.
Sheaths pale. Fruitstalk an inch high, wavy, dark red. Capsule
ereot, cylindrical or somewhat ovate. Lid, according to
Hedwig, much shorter than the capsule, conical, obtuse.