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H Y P N U M plumosum.
Rusty Silky 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 creeping. Branches crowded, erect.
Leaves ovate, pointed,. entire, with a rib reaching
half way. Capsule ovate, inclining. Lid conical.
Syn. Hypnum plumosum. Huds. ed. 1. 423. Sm. FI.
Brit. 1310. Linn. Sp. PI. 1592. With. 852.
Hull. 270. Sibth.'296. Abbot. 247. Dicks.
H. Sicc.fasc. 5. 22. Turn. Muse. Hib. 172. t. 15.
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H. sericeum [2. Huds. 506.
H. repens filicinum plumosum. Dill. Muse. 280.
t. 35. f . 16. Raii Syn. 86.
F r e q u e n t on rocks, stones, brick walls, and about the
roots of trees, bearing its capsules in winter and spring.
The stems are prostrate, closely creeping, leafy, throwing
up numerous, short, erect, mostly simple, cylindrical, leafy
branches. Leaves closely imbricated every way, ovate or
ovato-lanceolate, longish-pointed, concave, entire, furnished
with a single rib, which scarcely reaches half way ; their colour
is a shining yellowish green, turning brown with age,
hut never losing its polish. Sheaths of several ovate palish
leaves, with spreading points. Fruit-stalks scarcely an inch
long, solitary, smooth, dark-red. Capsule inclining, ovate,
short, brown, with a pale fringe. Lid conical.
Hedwig’s H. plumosum is a very different plant; the sale-
Irosum of Hoffmann.