H Y P N U M trichomanoides
Blunt Fern-like Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA 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 imperfectly pinnated. Branches all
obtuse. Leaves in two ranks, scimitar-shaped, pointless,
without a nerve. Lid awl-shaped. Sheath short.
Syn. Hypnum trichomanoides. Schreb. Lips. 88. Sm.
FI. Brit. 1287. With. 844. Hull. 268. Relh. 431.
Turn. Muse. Hib. 145.
H. complanatum /3. Buds. 495.
H. pennatum trichomanoides splendens ramosum.
Dill. Muse. 269. t. 34.f . 8.
H. erectum filicifolium ramosum, pinnulis obtusis.
Dill, in Raii Syn. 8 7 .
Leskea trichomanoides. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 231.
Sibth. 303.
O n the trunks of trees or on the ground, bearing capsules
in February or March. Our specimens were gathered at
Studley near Rippon, by Mr. W. Brunton, who justly remarks
that the much shorter sheath of the fruit-stalk serves
well to distinguish this moss from the preceding, of which
Hudson made it a variety. The stems moreover are much
shorter, and less regularly pinnated. Branches not running
out into a taper point. Leaves slightly recurved into the form
of a scimitar, a little convex, with scarcely any point. They
have been thought finely serrated, but we believe it to be an
optical deception occasioned by their reticulated texture. The
lid of the capsule is longer and slenderer than in H. complanatum.
The inner fringe is, as in that, simply and regularly
toothed, which makes the character of Hedwig’s Leskea.