CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCTI. Bryum. (B. 4. 8) 807 
[On the banks of the river Isla, Angus-shire. Mr. ; : 
Brown 5 
who assures me that it was first discovered in Scotland by De 
Walker on Hartfell mountain near Moffat.. Boggy ground on 
the ascent to Crib y Ddeseil, from Llanberris. About Llyn | 
Idwell, in + ascent. to Twill dii, in great abundance. June. 
Mr, Grirritu. } P, May—Sepr. 
B. Capsules on fruit-stalks, UPRIGHT. 
(4) Stems upright. 
b, Capsules egg-shaped. 
Br. Capsules egg-oblong: lid taper-pointed : veil reaching cirrha’tum, 
ut half way: shoots branched: leaves strap-spear- 
shaped, mid-ribbed, aie! 
Vaill. 24. 8—F/, dan. 538. 4, 
Grows in large dense patches. Fruit-stalks from one half to 
one inch, the young ones terminating, the older from the forks of 
the branches. Lid reddish, pointe’. ey slender, readily falling 
off, Mouth with a short fringe. W 
Mnium cirrhatum. Bot. Arr. ed. it and Gmelin doubts whe- 
wi 
not distinct from the Br. viridulum, and observes that the Br. 
viridulum at chi foot of ‘hi ‘hill gradually changed in the guar 
the ascent until it became Br. cirrhatum, Woods, mou 
ous heaths, walls, and hedge banks. . March: uly. 
Br. Capsules egg-oblong, toothed: shoots nearly upright: lanceola'tum. 
leayes spear-shaped, concave, taper-pointed. 
Hedw. stirp. ii. 23. 
Stem upright, 3 or 4 lines high, rarely branched. Leaves, 
the lower ones smaller than those above. Li enerall 
bent. Veil pale green to eney upright, splitting at the side. 
Oy see: Hedwig. Dry heaths. Hedge banks 
about Cro Spring and Autumn. P. 
Br. Saples cylindrical, bearded : — — spear- linoi‘des 
shaped, rounded but pointed. Dic 
Dicks, iii. 8. 3. 
Shoot upright, simple. Leaves expanding, pointed by the 
projecting of che badirib. Fringe twisted. Veil cad, 
twice the length of the capsule. 
Pastures in Scotland. Dicks, 
