CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 723 



The ftalks are erefb and fimple, from one to three 

 inches high. The leaves are large, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, waved, finely ferrated on the edges, of 

 a dark green colour, patent Vv'hen nioift, but 

 greatly curled when dry. 



The peduncles arife from the fummits ef the 

 ftalks, one or two inches long, generally fmgle, 

 fomctimes two together, red at the bafe, yel- 

 lowifli at the top. The capfules are of a dark 

 red colour, cylindrical and incurved. The oper- 

 adum has a red ring at the bafe, and is termi- 

 nated with a long extended point, often a little 

 recurved. The calyptra is long, conical, and 

 whitifh. The cUia are conneded to a central 

 membrane, as in the Pclytrichum ccimnune. 



glaucum 10 BR YUM antheris erefliufculis, ilj^erculo arcuato, 

 foliis eredtis imbricatis, furculis ramofis. Sp.pl, 

 1582. {Moris, hiji.f, 15. /. 6. /. 22. fine pedmi- 

 culis. Vail. Paris, t.26. f. lo,. non. bene. JDillen, 

 mufc. t. 46./. 20. Bpt.) 



White bHttle Bryum. Anglis. 



In open mooriih heaths frequent. %. IX. 



The ftalks are crowded together in thick matted 

 tufts, from one to four inches high, fingle at 

 the bafe, but divided into fl:>ort, cylindrical' 

 branches towards the top, clofely imbricated all 

 around with remarkably brittle, greenifti white, 

 narrow, fubulate, ered leaves. 



A a a 2 BRYUM 



