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HYPNUM commutatum.
Larger Curled Fern Feather-moss.
CR YPTOGAMIA Musci.
G en. Ch a r. Caps, o v a te -o b lo n g , f rom a la te ra l scaly
sh e a th . Outer f r in g e o f 16 te e th , d ila ted a t th e b a s e :
inner a v a rio u sly -to o th ed m em b ra n e . Veil sm o o th .
Spec. Char. S tem p ro c um b e n t, p e c tin a te d . L e av es
o v a te , p o in te d , c u r le d , rib b e d a lm o st to th e e x tr e m
ity , b ea rd le ss. L id c o n v e x , p o in ted .
Syn. H y p n um c om m u ta tum . Hedw. Sp. Muse. 284.
C r yp t, v. 4. 68. t. 26. S?n. FI. B r it. 1333.
Turn. Muse. Hib. 196.
H . re p e n tis filicini crisp i v a rie ta s B , C , D . D ill.
Muse. 283. t. 36. ƒ . 19, B— D .
T h i s e le g an t m o ss g row s in w a tery an d m a rsh y places o n a
c a lc a reo u s soil. A t H a c k fa ll in Y o rk s h ire , from wh en c e th e
R e v , M r . D a lto n c om m u n ic a te d o u r sp e c im en s, it is p le n tifu l,
a n d freq u e n tly be ars fru it in A p ril an d M a y .
T h e stems are p e re n n ia l, from 4 to 8 in ch e s o r m o re in le n g th ,
sim p le o r d iv id ed , ru s ty , th e a sc en d in g b ra n ch e s p in n a te d
w ith a n um b e r o f sh o rt h o o k e d o n e s, all densely c lo th e d w ith
leav es, w h ic h a re sm a ll, o f a r ic h som ew h a t taw n y g re en ,
n o t sh in in g , curved tow a rd s o n e side , an d a lw ays, w h e th e r
w e t o r d ry , cu rled an d c risp ed . T h e y are o v a te , e n tire , lo n g -
p o in te d , be ardless, fu rn ish e d w ith a rib w h ic h disappea rs b e fo
re it re a ch e s th e p o in t, a n d m a rk ed w ith a few sh o rt ribs or
p la its a t th e ir base. S h e a th p a le ; its in n e r leaves lo n g an d
stria te d . F ru its ta lk a n in c h an d h a lf lo n g , o f a fine c rim so n
a n d ye llow. C ap su le a rcu a te an d d ro o p in g , n e a rly cylindrica l
w ith a sp re ad in g m o u th . L id c o n v ex , scarcely c o n ic a l, w ith
a sh o rt s tra ig h t p o in t.