HYPNUM RECURVANS, Schwægr.
Tab. 111.
Plantæ mediocres, fertilissimæ, nitidulæ, in cæspitibus late extensis depressis pallide viridibus ætate dilute ochraceis degentes.
Caulis prostratus, repens, 1-3-uncialis, firmus, rubellus, distincte translucens, pinnato-ramulosus; ramulis subcomplanato-foliatis.
Folia conferta, deorsum imbricato-secunda, tenuia, mollia, pallida, concava, ovato-lanceolata, longius piliformi-acumiiiata, apice serrata, margine anguste recurva; costa gemella fere obsoleta; reti maxime angusto vermiculiformi, cellulis angularibus aureo-lutescentibus subquadratis majusculis inflatis: folia perichsetii radicantis longius sensimque attenuata, suberecta, summo apice solo argute serrata.
Flores dioici, paraphysati, cauligeui; masculis gemmiforniibus.
Capsula breviuscula, turgida, oblonga, inclinata, leniter incurva, pachyderma, exannulata; pedicello 7–10-lineari flexuoso-erecto; peristomii dentibus lanceolato-subulatis dense articulatis ad latera byalinis, ciliis dentibus aequilongis latis carinatis integris, ciliolis binis interpositis; operculo e basi convexo-conica brevius longiusve rostra to.
Hypnum recurvans, Schwægr. Suppl. t. 146; Brid, Bryol. Univ. 2, p. 614; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 71.
Leskea recurvans, Michx. Fl. Bor-Amer. 2, p. 311.
Leskea squarrosa, Michx. op. cit. p. 312.
Hab. On trees and decayed logs, in mountainous districts; very common.
