rRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



t'.,d thinly fcr, efpecialjy on the new fhoots, 

 V. hich appear fmooth and red between them. 

 I he peduncles arife from the tops of the old ftalks, 

 at the bale of the new ones, ered, of a tawny 

 red colour; when young an inch high, but when 

 full grown often three inches, and upwards. 

 The capfules are at firft green, elliptical, and 

 pendulous ; when ripe tawny and pear-fhap'd, 

 and when burii nearly erecl, or Qightly nodding. 

 The calyptra is reddifn, the operculum lliorc, 

 whitifn, and conical, The rim of the orifice has 

 fhort cilia. 



Some of the ftalks are terminated with a ftellated 

 c.'ilyx, having a granulated difc in the centre. 



The long peduncles, tumid pendulous capfules, 

 and place of growth, readily diftinguifh this 

 fpecies. 



It varies fometimes with leaves of a reddifh colours 

 efpecially loin the nerves and on the edges, 



BRYUM. Gen. pL 11^4. 



Anthera operculata. Calyptra Isevls. 

 Filamentiim e tuberculo terminali ortum. 

 Stdla feminea nulla in diftindo individuo. 



* Antheris JeJJilihus. 



BRYUM antheris fclTilibus terminaTibus, calyptra 

 minima. Sp pi. 1579. (VaiL Paris, t, ly.f.is* 

 bona. Dillen. mufc. t.'^i.f. 4. ^ ejus. var. fig. 5. 

 Oed. Dan. /. 480. opt.) 



Red- 



