82 ICONES MUSCORUM. 



the plant, the presence of an annulus at once distinguishes 

 this species from its nearest congener, B. jmlcheUum, an alpine 

 species which has not yet hcen found in this country. 



Small forms of B. carneum very much resemble our plant ; 

 but the areolation of the leaf in that species is larger and looser ; 

 it is also, like B. pulchellum, destitute of an annulus. 



TAB. 50. — Bryum Lescukianum. 



1. Plantae naturali magnitudine. 



2. Planta fertilis. 



3. Pars plant* masculse. 



4. Folium periehastiale. 



5. G. Folia caulina. 



7. Basis folii areolata. 



8. Apex folii areolata. 



9. Sectiones transversales folii. 



10. Capsula deoperculata. 



11. Capsular siccae. 



12. Opercula. 



1 .3. Particula peristomii. 



14. Flos masculus. 



15. Perigoniale, antlieridia, et paraph vses. 



