ACOTYLEDGNS. — Musci. Bavtratnia. 139 



2. F. squamosa^ leaves nerveless plane or very slightly concave. 

 Muse. Brit, p. 82. t. 22. Ughtf. p. 697- 



Hab. Subalpine rivulets, common. 



3. F. capillacea, leaves nerved slightly concave. Muse. Brit. 

 p. 83. t. 22. 



Hab. Alpine rivulets, Dickson. 



27. BUXBAUMIA. 

 Capsule oblique, gibbous. Peristome double ; the ext. of nu- 

 merous, filiform, jointless processes; the interior a plicate mem- 

 branous cone. Calyptra mitriform. 



1. B. nphylla. Muse. Brit. p. 84. /. 22. 



Hab. On the ground, near Rosslyn, Mr. E. Maughan. Wood near 

 Aberdeen, Mr. Jackson. Selkirkshire^ near the borders of Peebles- 

 shire, Mr. J. Stewart. 



Peduncles about an inch high, red, tuberculate, arising froj.i a small 

 brown, oblong, apparently scaly bulb ; their scales, however, are 

 really leaves, very minute, 'and cut into a number of capillary seg- 

 ments, membranous, without nerve, but strongly reticulated, and 

 resemble the leaves of some J linger munnlce. Capsule nearly plane 

 above, gibbous beneath, inclined, having at its base a small cylin- 

 drical apophysis. 



This is a most remarkable plant, having little resemblance to any 

 other moss ; and to me it is rendered more interesting, as 1 was, 

 when a very young Botanist, the first discoverer of it, as a native 

 of Britain. Yet, notwithstanding the labour 1 had bestowed, in 

 drawing and describing it for the Flora Londlncnsis , 1 entirely over- 

 looked the true nature of the scale-like processes upon the little 

 bulbs at the base, which Mr. Brown has ascertained to be leaves. 

 Noble specimens from Selkirkshire, some with 2 or more peduncles 

 arising from the same bulb, have been communicated to me by the 

 late Mr. J. Stewart of Edinburgh, a gentleman of high botanical 

 attainments, from whom 1 had hoped to have received much assist- 

 ance in the course of the present publication ; but whose death, un- 

 fortunately for science, occurred ere the first sheet was sent to 

 the press. He died at an early age, while on the eve of a voyage 

 to South America^ a victim to intense application to literary pursuits. 



28. BARTRAMIA. 

 Fruitstalks terminal. Capsule subglobose. Peristome double; 

 the ext. of 16 teeth; the interior of a membrane divided into 

 16 bifid segments. Cahjplra dimidiate. Mjjsc. Brit. p. 85. 

 .3. 



* Fruitstalks long, straight (not curved). 



1 . B. pomiformis, leaves patent subulate strongly serrated the 

 nerve reaching to the summit twisted when dry. Muse. Brit. 

 p. 85./. 23. Bryum pomiforme, Light/, p. 7 \7. 



