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Rh HYPNUM CURVIFOLIUM, Hedw.

Tab. 114.

majores, late intricato-caespitosæ, e viridi aurescentes, nitidæ.

prostratus, 3–4-uncialis, divisus, distiche ramulosus; ramulis approximatis brevibus inaequalibus subcompressofoliosis.

conferta, bifariam imbricata, deorsum falcato-secunda, e basi auriculato-cordata longe sensim acuminata, concava, superne lenissimc serrulata, ecostata vel brevissime bicostata, angustissime pallide lineari-flexuoso-areolata; cellulis basilaribus et angularibus brevioribus latioribus aureis: folia perichaetii conspicui albescentis numerosa, erecta, arete vaginantia, laxius texta, longitudinaliter pluries sulcato-striata.

dioici, cauligeni, paraphysati: plantar masculae fertilibus mixtæ.

alte pedicellata, majuscula, oblonga, turgida, incurvocernua, tenui-membranacea, in sicco arcuata et valde costata; annulo triseriato revolubili; peristomii dentibus lanceolato-subulatis luteolis crebre articulatis intus apicern versus late lamellosis, ciliis in carina pertusis, ciliolis binis ternisve appendiculatis; operculo conico acuto.

Grows in large mats on decayed logs, in shady woods.

Not unlike large forms of Hypnum cvpressiforme; but