Timmia.] MUSCI-ACROCARPI-PERISTOMI. 65 



Suppl r. 1. P. II. p. 132. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 45. /. 5, 6, 8? 

 — Dill. Muse. t. 53. /. 79. ^— Z. 



Woods and on wet banks, in shady situations. Fr. Apr. — Smaller than 

 the last, and more lax, with creeping shoots, which, as Mr. Dalton ob- 

 serves, take root at the extremity : leaves broader and of a softer tex- 

 ture. Stems an inch or an inch and a half high. (Inner iieristome 

 curiously perforated.) Wits. 



29. B. affine, Brid. (many-stalked Thyme Thread- Moss); stems 

 elongated, leaves broadly elliptical acumimilate reticulated their 

 margins thickened denticulated to the very base, the nerve 

 reaching to or beyond the point, setae aggregated, capsule ob- 

 long pendulous, lid conical with a macro. Brid. Mant. Muse. 

 p. 119.— Milium affine, Blandov, Muse. E.vsicc. III. re. 133. 



Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II p. 134. Funck, Deutschl. Moose, 

 t. 33. n. 12. — Milium cuspidatum, Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 45. /. 7. 

 (and / 5, 6, 8 ?) — Mnium serpt/lli folium, t 3. cuspidatum, Linn, 

 (excl. Syn. Dill.f. 79. A— £.)— Dill. Muse. t. 55. /. 79, M. 

 (specimen from T aillant.) 



Wood near Over, fertile; also with abortive pistils on a hedge-bank 

 at Little Farm near Over, Cheshire. Mr. Wilson, 1828. Wood at Mil- 

 denhall, Suffolk, bearing fruit abundantly in the dark recesses. F. K. 

 Eagle, Esq. Fr. Apr. May. — Twice the size of the former and truly 

 distinct from it by the characters above given. It appears to have been 

 found, for the first time in England, by the two very able Botanists just 

 mentioned, and nearly at the same period. In the Suffolk station it bears 

 fruit most copiously in a fir plantation : but the capsules seldom become 

 perfectly ripe, partly, as it would appear, on account of the drought, and 

 partly because they are the favourite food of hares and rabbits. The 

 dark lurid colour of the foliage, Mr. Eagle observes, is very striking, but 

 the young shoots are of a light green. 



30. B. Tozeri, Grew (minute diaphanous Thread-Moss); 

 "steins short simple erect, leaves remote spreading ODOVate entire 



cuspidate margined Loosely reticulated, the nerve disappearing 



beyond the middle, capsule drooping somewhat pear-shaped, lid 

 com exo-conical." (inc. Scot. Cr. II. t. 285. 



(lav banks by the river Dart, Devonshire, Rev. J. s. Twer. Fr. 

 ':. — I am indebted to Mr. To/er for specimens of this moss, which 



he finds vcr\ sparingly indeed, ami lean bear testimony to the accuracy 



of Dr. Oreville's figure and description. 1 have arranged this species 



here on account of the decidedly thickened mar-ins of tbe leaf; but its 



affinity is far removed from the present division: yet 1 cannot say to 



which it is st allied. Tbe vcr\ lax reticulation of the Imvvs, taken in 



Conjunction with their form, the turbinate capsule and small BUM of tbe 



plant, are quite peculiar. The foliage is of a reddish hue, especially the 



margins and ner\e. 



28. T/mmia. Ihdir. Timmia. 



Seta terminal. Perutome double : the outer of 16 ieetk ; the 

 inn er a plaited membrane, col into :\-j equal cilia, variously 

 united at the base by transverse bars ;m ,i frequently cohering 



at the points. ( <iti,j,tni dimidiate. (Muse. Hi if. Sftppl. I. «i. I 



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