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IIYEN'UM myosuroides.
Mouse-tail Feather-moss.
CR YPTOGAMIA Musci.
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 creeping. Branches clustered, incurved.
Leaves lanceolate, pointed, serrated, single
ribbed. Capsule drooping as it ripens.
Syn. Hypnum myosuroides. Linn. Sp. PL 1596.
Sm. FI. Brit. 1285. Huds. 507. With. 865.
Hull. 274. Relh. 431. Abbot. 251. Tumi
Muse. Hib. 140,
H. myosuroides tenuius, capsulis nutantibus. Dill.
Muse. 317. t. 41. ƒ . 51.
H . polyanthon, triangularibus angustis foliis. Dill, in
Raii Syn. 83.
Leskia myosuroides. Sibth. 303.
P l e n t i f u l on limestone rocks in mountainous countries,
bearing fruit in the spring and summer. Mr. Turner gathered
pur specimen in Anglesea.
This species differs from H. curvatum, t. 1566, in not being
above half so large, and in having narrower and less concave
leaves, which are finely serrated. The capsules moreover are,
when they begin to ripen, no longer perfectly erect, as in the
foregoing, but become inclined or drooping; insomuch that
the close affinity of these two species in habit and general
structure can alone justify us in placing the present in,-that
section of its genus distinguished by upright capsules. It
must however be remarked that these capsules droop only by
a bend in their stalks, and are not of themselves arcuate or incurved.
The lid is shorter than in H. curvatum,, and a little
bent.