HYPNUM NOVÆ-ANGLIÆ, Sulliv. & Lesqx.
Tab. 118.
Plantæ laxe cæspitosæ; cæspitibus tumescentibus rigidiusculis extensis supcrne læte viridibus parum nitidis infcrne ochracco-lutescentibus.
Caulis 1½–2 uncias longus, subprostratus; ramis primariis arcuato-ascendentibus irregulariter et subpinnatini ramulosis una cum ramulis tereti-foliosis baud attenuatis.
Folia erecto-incurva, subjulaceo-disposita, e basi angusta decurrente latissime ovata, brevius tenui-acuminata, maxime concava, baud striata, e basi fere ad apicem serrulata, ultra medium costata ; reti angusto oblongo- vel lineari-hexagono, basilari breviore latiore: perichsetialia laxe texta, subecostata, apice longe anguste attenuata ; inferiora squarrosa ; intima vaginantia, erecta, superne argute serrata.
Flores dioici, parapbysati; masculis gemmiformibus.
Capsula oblonga, erecto-curvula; pedicello valde papilloso purpureo vix unciali; operculo alte conico acuto; annulo duplici; peristoma dentibus lanceolato-subulatis firmis crebre et prominenter articulatis, ciliis dentibus sequilongis in carina biantibus, ciliolis longis singulis binisve interpositis.
Hypnum Novæ-Angliæ, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 338 ; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 76.
Hab. Mountains of New England, Oakes, Frost, James, Eaton.
Very near Hypnum rivulare, Br. & Sch.; but that species is much larger, and has widely spreading, more or less plicate leaves,
