HYPNUM SCITUM, Beauv.
Tab. 99.
Plantæ mediocres, depresso-cæspitosas, colore viridi vcl sub-glauco-viridi in rufo-brunneum vergente insignes.
Caulis 1–3 uncias loiigus, firmus, prostratus, bi-tripartitus, simpliciter dense pinnato-ramulosus; ramulis tenuibus.
Folia caulina late cordato-triangularia, longius tenui-apiculata; ramulina minora, cordato-ovata, breviter acuminata, laxius incumbentia, utraque concava erecto-patentia; costa pellucida ultra medium evanida; reti e cellulis subrotundis minutissimis chlorophyllosis papillosis formato ; parapbylliis copiosis multi-formibus : pericbaetialia interiora elongato-lanceolata, filiformi-attenuata, longitrorsum plicatulæ.
Flores monoici in caule vel ejus divisionibus.
Capsula oblongo-cylindracea, erectiuscula, leniter curvula, longius pedicellata, leptoderma, speciose annulata, longius rostrato-operculata; peristomio hypnoideo.
Hypnum scitum, Beauv. Prod. p. 69 ; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2, p. 575; C. Müll. Synop. Musc. 2, p. 488 ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 67.
Thuidium scitum, Bryol. Europ.
Hab. Hilly districts, on roots of trees, particularly the Beech.
TAB. 99.—Hypnum scitum.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. Ramulus.
3. 4, 5, 6, 7. Folia ejusdem.
8. Folium areolatum.
9, 10,11. Paraphyllia.
12. Perichætium.
13, 14. Folia ejusdem.
15, 16, 17. Capsulsæ.
18, 19. Particulæ peristomii.
20. Flos masc. perigon. et antherid.
