H Y P N U M Swartzii.
Swartzian Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMl'A Musa.
Gen. 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 procumbent, much branched. Leaves
obscurely two-ranked, remote, ovate, finely serrated,
single-ribbed. Lid awlshaped, curved. Stalk rough.
Syn. Hypnum Swartzii. Turn. Muse. Hib. 151. t. 14.
f . 1 . 8m. FI. Brit. 1293.
H. atro-virens. Sivartz. Muse. Suec. 65 ; exclusive
of the synonyms.
M r . TURNER received this originally from Ireland. Our
specimens were gathered by S. Hailstone, Esq. in Bell-bank
wood, near Bingley, Yorkshire.
The stems are procumbent and creeping, much and irregularly
branched, divaricated and loosely spreading, very
slender, leafy. Leaves of a more or less deep green, remote,
not imbricated, spreading, not very accurately, in two rows,
ovate, acute, slightly concave, single-ribbed, finely and sharply
serrated. Sheath pale, of numerous, recurved, lanceolate,
serrated scales. Fruit-stalks scarcely an inch long, erect,
crimson, rough with minute tubercles. Capsule ovate, short,
smooth, drooping. Lid awlshaped, taper, the length of the
capsule, slightly curved. Fringe of a tawny yellow.
It has been lately suggested to us that this may be only a
variety of H. prcelongum, t. 2035, the difference in the disposition
of their leaves being, certainly, very slight. We
cannot, however, be convinced that Mr. Turner’s variety 3,
whose fructification we have not seen, is the same. species
with either.