798 
Hei’mii. 
“ 
Forste’ri, 
CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Bryam. (B.1) 
brownish 'whén ripe, with a swollen red ring.,Zd taper-pointed, 
see crooked, nearly-as long as the capsule. is i oblique,’ 
Fringe toothed; )teeth numerous, . bent iffers 
Sin: B. paludasum inthe bare not being bsisdeioapie and in 
the shape of tlie capsules. 
Weissta eeaaill ctoakeckttt wigs; Br. viridelum. Dicks. fasce i * 
p 3; who believes:it, on the authority of the Linn. herbarium 
o be the Br, 'viridulum of Linneus, whose synonym, he thinks 
pe erroneous; and have misled our posariiey I am far from 
caremseinees: it seems necessary to e it a new trivial name, 
the Br. Dichsoni, and I expect Br. eas being, allotted to 
other species. Fortunately the'circumstance of its ,havingvonly 
4 or 5 leaves, allows us to adopt a name unbbjecsinnaiis and exe 
pressive. Boggy ground, on:Enfield Chace je une 
-B. Capsules on fryit-stalks, uPRIGHT. 
(2) Stem very short ; rarely branched. 
Br. Capsules oblong: shoot upright: leaves spatula- 
shaped, taper-pointed, toothed Tupwards. 
Hedw stirp. i, 30. 
Stem neat % inch high, unbranched, upright. Fruit-stalks 
aig sat neat an inch high, Veil opening at the side. Caps 
eg acai d, beak bent to one side. Fringe n 
rymunostomum Set Hedwig. Sandy places ; in northern 
exposures Feb.— June. P: 
“Br. Capsules toothed: fruit-stalks aie shoots nearly 
ste temless: leaves egg-shaped, 
Dicks. iti. 7. 8. 
at Walthamsto ani 
fascicula’re, Br. Capsules oe pear-shaped, mouth naked ¢ shoots 
leafless belo 
w: leaves in bundles : es : 
; Sa Dicks, 
