IIY P N U M crenulatura.
Crenate Feather-moss.
CRYPT0GAM1A 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 mostly simple.
Leaves imperfectly two-ranked, ovate, acute, finely
notched, single-nerved. Lid conical.
Syn. Hypnum crenulatum. Sm. FI. Brit. 1289.
G a t h e r e d near Newcastle by Mr. Winch, We are
obliged to Mr. Turner for specimens, as well as for pointing
out the characters which indicate it to be a species hitherto
nondescript.
It is perennial, and appears to grow on rotten wood or decayed
bark of trees. It is next akin to H. denticulatum, but
larger in size and darker in colour. The stems creep to some
extent, throwing up numerous, spreading, mostly simple
branches. Leaves imbricated in two principal rows, but less
exactly than in the, last, shining, ovate, sharp-pointed, but
little concave, not reticulated, minutely crenate, except at the
base, furnished with a central nerve, which scarcely reaches
to the point. Stalks red and shining, from a pale sheath.
Capsule drooping and at length somewhat curved, of an elliptic
cylindrical figure, brown, darker at the base. Lid conical.
Fringe reddish brown.