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H Y P N U M fallax.
Fallacious Feather-moss.
C R Y P T 0G AM 1A M um.
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. Feil smooth.
Spec. Char. S tem s p ro c um b e n t, d iv id ed , u n e q u a lly p in n
a te ; b ra n c h e s c row d e d , som e tim es c om p o u n d .
L e a v e s la n c eo la te , b ro a d a t th e b a s e , p o in te d ,
s tro n g ly rib b e d , c u rv e d , sp re a d in g . C a p su le o b lo
n g , c u rv e d . L id p o in te d .
Syn. H y p n um fa llax . Bridel. Muse. v. 3 . 6 6 . t. 2 . f 1.
T his n ew a d d itio n to th e B ritish Flora was discovered a t
C o p g ro v e , Y o rk sh ire , in 1806, b y th e Rev. M r . D a lto n .
M r . T u rn e r h a d received it th e p re c ed in g year from C am b rid g e ,
b u t it was se n t a c c id e n ta lly , as a p a ck ag e for o th e r th in g s .------ -
I t grows in b o g s.
T h e stem s a re 3 o r 4 in ch e s lo n g , p ro c um b e n t, divided,
le a fy , th e ir m a in b ra n ch e s b e se t w ith n um e ro u s , c rowd ed ,
ve ry u n e q u a l sm a lle r o n e s, some o f w h ic h are again c om p
o u n d o r p in n a te ; th e ex trem itie s a cu te , o ften c u rv ed . Leaves
im b ric a te d , sp re ad in g , m o stly curved to o n e s id e , o f a dull
taw n y g re e n , tap e rin g from a broadi base to a sh a rp p o in t,
slig h tly se rra ted , e ach fu rn ish e d w ith so very stro n g an d la s tin
g a m id rib , th a t, as Bridel ob se rv es, these ribs o ften r e m
a in , strip p ed o f th e re st o f th e leaf, and a ssum in g th e c h a ra
c te r o f a to ta lly different spe c ie s. H e n c e th e n am e . T h e
c ap su le s, n o t h a v in g b e en fo u n d in B rita in , n o r figured by
B rid e l, are d raw n from o n e o f M r . T u rn e r ’s fo re ig n sp e c im
e n s . T h e y are a lm o s t c y lin d ric a l, c u rv ed , d ro o p in g , o n
z ig z a g red sta lk s above a n in c h lo n g . W e find th e lid c o n vex
an d p o in te d , b u t sh o rte r th a n Bridel d e sc rib e s it. S h e a th s
o f several d a rk -g re e n lan c eo la te leav es, to o th e d a t th e p o in ts ,
w ith s tro n g m id -rib s .