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Rh HYPNUM ALBULUM, C. Müll

Tab. 112.

tenellæ, dclicatulæ, laxissime cæspitulosæ, e dilute viridi albcscentes.

prostratus, arcte radicans, pallidus, vage ramosus; ramis inordinate pauci-ramulosis.

laxa, complanata, lateralia patentissima, tenuia, pallida, flaccida, ovato-lanceolata, longius anguste acuminata, baud raro deorsum subfalcata, superne obsolete serrulata, breviter gemellocostata, exilissime lineari-areolata; cellulis angularibus paucis subquadratis: perichastialia interiora erecta, oblonga, subito longe acuminata, ad acuminis basin grossius dentata.

monoici, cladogeni; antberidiis vix paraphysatis.

minuta, ovalis oblonge ovalisve, aequalis inclinata, vel inæqualis leniter incurva, exannulata; pedicello 5–6-lineari debili; peristomii dentibus luteis lanceolato-linearibus firmis densius articulatis, ciliis dentiurn longitudine angustis in carina inter articulationes rimulosis, ciliolis brevibus nodosis binatis; operculo conico brevissime acuminato.

. On the ground and much decayed wood, in moist places.

Distinguished from small forms of Hypnum recurvans by its lax mode of growth, more delicate habit, shorter-rostrate