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H Y P N UM intricatum.
Matted Feather-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
G en. Char. Caps, ovate- oblong, from a lateral scaly
sheath. Outer fr in g e o f 16 teeth, dilated at the b a se :
inner a variously-toothed membrane. Veil smooth.
Spec. Char. Stem creeping. Leaves lanceolate, tap er-
pointed, serrated, single-ribbed h a lf way up, imbricated
every way. Capsule d rooping, tumid.
Lid conical.
Syn. H y p n um intricatum. Schreb. Lips. 99. Sm. FI.
B r it. 1306. Iledw. Sp. Muse. 271. Crypt, v. 4.
73. t. 28. Turn. Muse. Hib. 167.
H . Teesdalii. Dicks. Crypt, fa s c . 4. 16. t. 4 | i f . 13.
T H E late Mr. Teesdale found this moss in Yorkshire, and
communicated it to Mr. Dickson, who, not aware of its being
already named, called it after its discoverer. What he had
taken for intricatum, is now the Teesdalii of FI. Brit. 1291,
and is our t. 202.
The present species comes next to velutimun, t. 1568, from
which it differs in being rather smaller, with narrower and
more spreading leaves, and a rather more tumid capsule,
much contracted at the mouth. The scales of the sheath are
also much more taper-pointed, and obscurely toothed. Hedwig
remarks that the ring which surrounds the mouth of the
capsule consists of a double row of scales, not merely a single
one, as in velutinum. This we have not examined. The fruit-
stalk is finely granulated. Lid conical, somewhat oblique.