CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI,. Phascum. 
Hedw. stirp. 1. 35-Schmid. 58. 1-Curt. 275—Fl. dan. 249. 
2—Happ. ii. Phascum. 1. 6~Dill. 32. 10—Vaill, 20, 4. 
Capsules snunees ‘ the summer, reddish and yellowish, 
in autumn ripening, t brown, and opening. R. Syz. So 
minute as hardly to bie ¥ visi le if it did not grow in patches ; 
from 2 to 3 lines high. Wets. Shoots not branched. Veil Roe 
Ina rich soil sometimes half an inch high, and with 2 or 3 
m 
leaves. Lidnone. Hepw. Only 3 or 4 lines high, es growing 
in patches is readily found, and the capsules not larger than a 
seed of tobacco, are very v visible on account of the slants of 
the ae Dit. They frequently fall off without opening. 
wl.leave a -moss. Heaths in a sandy soil; ditch 
“Sa not uncomm A. March— —Aug. 
Pu, Shoots creeping: esis lateral. 
| Dill, 85. 16. 
Stems creeping, eriheding to the bark of trees. Branches 
short, cylindrical, mostl irs. Leaves short, concave, broad 
at the base, spit-pobsised eri the shoot on every side. 
Capsules extremely small ; in the bosom of the leaves. Dit. 
unks of trees in Yorkshire. Dri. P, May. 
Pu, Shoots thread-like, jointed, branched: Pay of the 
involucrum spear-shaped, serrated. Dic 
Dicks. 1. 1=Schreb. p. 8. te 2-E. bot. ne 0. 
Extremely ee at firs —_ resembling a thread-like 
Byssus, pei toni cely be obvi s to the naked eye if it did 
not grow in patches. oN seems a lin ak which connects the Musci 
and the Algz, partaking of the Phascum and the Conferva. It 
consists of numerous green filaments, ba a ace ae ap- 
d, j rva, th 
interstices ee, the AEX a date ate sane dieer. 
separates. The “qnvolébraml consists of 3 or 4 spear-s ater 
leaves, pointed and serrated. Schreber and Weber seem not to 
a ae aware that the jointed sine belong to the plant. 
On the north side of Muswell Hill, near Highgate. Dicks. 
April. 
Pa. Shoots thread-like, sonnet, branched : _ of the 
Dic 
involucrum spear-s vo toothed, 
Vou. III, 
re’pens, 
serra’tum, 
stolonif‘erum 
