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H Y PN (JM dubium.
Fine Curve-leaved Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. C h a r . Caps, ovate-oblong, from a,lateral scaly
sheath. Outerfringe of 16 teeth, dilated at the base:
inner a variously-toothed membrane. FeiL smooth.
S p e c . C h a r . Stem prostrate, pinnate. Leaves ovate,
pointed, single-ribbed, curved towards one side;
the uppermost sickle-shaped. Lid conical.
S y n . Hypnum dubium. Necker. Muse. 161. Sm. FI.
Brit. 1332. Dicks. Crypt, fasc. 3. 10. If. Sicc.
fasc. 13. 23. With. 854. Hull. 271. Turh.
Muse. Hib. 195. Hoffm. Germ.v. 2.71. Bridel.
Muse. v. 3. 64.
H. filicinum (3. Huds. 498.
H. repens filicinum trichodes palustre. Dill. Muse.
286. t. 36. f . 2 1 . Rail Syn. 85. n. 31 & n. 28.
Leskea incurvata. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 216. t. 5 3 .
ƒ• 8—14. _ _ _ _ _
O u r figure is drawn from a specimen in Mr. Turner’s collection,
gathered by the late Dr. Scott in a rivulet at Luttrell’s
town, Ireland.
The stems are 2 or 3 inches long, prostrate, leafy, irregularly
pinnated, with short, curved branches. Leaves of a dull
yellowish green, ovate, pointed, entire in their lower part,
finely serrated upward, with a strong rib; those on the stem
broad, closely imbricated; those on the branches more or less
falcate, curved to one side, and longer-pointed ; all of them
frequently furnished with a fold or furrow on each side of the
rib. Fruitstalks an inch and half long, wavy, purple. Sheath
of several pale, ovate, striated, acute leaves, justly observed
by Mr. Turner to be finely toothed, at least near the point.
Capsule ovate inclining to cylindrical, brown, smooth, drooping,
finally curved; a little contracted below the mouth. Lid,
according to Hedwig and Dillenius, conical and short.