HYPNUM DEPLANATUM, Schimp.
Tab. 108.
Plantæ fertiles parviusculæ, infertiles niajorcs, cæspites demisso-planos condensates nitentes læte virides in apricis brunneo aurescentes edificantos.
Caulis 1–2 uncias longus, divisus, irregulariter vel subpinnato-ramulosus; ramulis brevibus eodem modo ac caulis divisiones tota longitudinc radiculis copiosis substrate- arctissime adhserentibus bifariam foliosis.
Folia conferte deplanato-imbricata, ovato-lanceolata, sensim longius acuminata, modice concava, tenuia, e cellulis minutissimis flexuosis lineari-fusiformibus texta, a basi ad apicem serrulata; costa brevissima vel obsoleta: perichsetii oligophylli folia aperto-erecta, superiora tcnui-acuminata, superne grosse dentata.
Flores dioici? feraineis cauligenis; masculis nondum deprehensis.
Capsula ovali-oblonga, sub;equalis, cernua, in pedicello 5–8lineari rubello lasvi sensim continua, sicca arcuata plicatula sub ore ampliato constricta turbinata; annulo omnino nullo; peristomii dentibus lanceolato-subulatis dense articulatis intus lamelligeris, ciliis dentes aequantibus in carina integris, ciliolis binis brevioribus; operculo longius breviusve rostrato.
Hypnum deplanatum, Schimp. in litt.; Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 50; Mosses U. States, p. 70; Müll. Synop. 2, p. 260; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 296.
Hab. Dry woods, in close thin mats, near the ground on stones and roots of trees: not uncommon, but usually without fruit. Not unlike the smaller and condensed forms of Hypnum serrulatum; but in that species the longer-pointed leaves are more
