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HYPNUM umbratum.
Striated Proliferous Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musd.
Gen* Char. Caps, ovate-oblong, from a lateral scaly
sheath. Outer fringe of l6 teeth, dilated at the
base : inner a variously-toothed membrane. Veil
smooth.
Spec. Char. Stem doubly pinnate. Leaves heart-
shaped, pointed, finely serrated, with several longitudinal
plaits, but no nerves. Lid conical, with
a small point.
Syn. Hypnum umbratum. Ehrh. Crypt. 66. Sm,
FI. Briti 1298 . Hedw. Sp. Muse. 263. t. 6 7 .
f . 10—1 2 . Turn. Muse. Hib. 158.
O r ig in a l l y discovered in Ireland by the late’ Dr. Scott.
Our present specimen was gathered by Dr. Taylor, on Sefing
mountain, in the county of Wicklow.
This specie's, no less rare than the H. recognitum, t. 1495,
Is of a rather larger size, and not so regularly bipinnate. The stem
is interruptedly pinnate in the first instance, its copious branches
either simple or again pinnate, but not with great regularity.
Leaves of a fine, bright, yellowish, rather shining green, spreading,
heartshaped, dilated, pointed, minutely serrated, destitute
of ribs or veins, but furnished with many longitudinal plaits or
furrows. Sheaths often several together, rather lax, of several
Oblong, seTrated, rough-awned leaves. Fruitstalks crimson,
rough, an inch and half or two inches long. Capsule inclining,
ovate. Lid short, conical, obtuse, with a small point.