CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Sphagnum. 
— Trichomanes pyxidiferum. Huds. and Bolt. but not of Linn. 
Cup Goldilocks. On dripping-rocks. At cheats half a mile 
from Bingley, at the heat. of aremarkable spring 
Sy7.—in a 
little dark cavern undera Gripping rock, a little below the spring 
of Elm Cragg Well. Bott P, 
MUSCI. 
SPHAG’NUM. Male flower; club-shaped: av- 
thers flat: caps. on the same plant, sitting; 
mouth smooth, covered with a lid, without 
any entire veil. 
S. Branches bent downwards. 
Hedw. Theor. 12, 42 1045, and 13.46, 475 Dist. ig 1. 1, 20. 
iin 3. OV aill. 23. 3-Dill. 32. 1-Fl; dan 474~Schmid. 
58. 5—Pluk. 101. 1-—Scheuch, it. i. 5,4, at.p. 88+Lob. ic. 
11. 24.2, 2 Dod.47 2. 1-Gers em. 1559. 1—Park. 1306.2. 1. 
The Capsules burst with a crackling noise. Lryx. Stems 
growing many together, from 3 to 12 inches high, upright, 
sometimes divided. Branches at short distances, 2, -3 or 4 from 
the same part, are Ranging down from abundance of 
anches. Cap 
short fruitstalks. Dri. ieee scaly. Capsal es nearly a 
bular, when open urn-s » generally several together at the 
topof the stem. Lid convex, pointed, deciduous, 
Grey Bégmoss. Common peat Bogs. P. July. Aug. 
Var. 2. The whole habit more slender; more branched ; 
¢apsules smaller 
Schmid. 58. 6-Dill. 32. 2-Hedw. ee is 8h 3-Mapp. at p. 
200. 
Var. 3. Whole plant of a beautiful ao colour. 
On Bogs in the New Forest, Hants. 
In rye = ag leafits ate concave, 0 oblon ng, blunt; in 2 flat, 
awl-shaped, sharp. Are they not distinct species, the first grow- 
ing in running, ae latter in stagnant water? WriLLpENow, 
S. Somewhat branched; upright. 
Dilf, 32..3- 
Schreber conjectures it to be a Bryuw. Linx. Of a beau- 
tifal Ot Capsules egg-shaped. sa strap-spear-shaped, 
pointing 3 ways. Necx. In a dense compact tuft, about a 
finger’s length, sometimes dividing in the middle into 2 or 3 
667 
palus‘trey 
alpi‘num. 
