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ceolate form, like hairs, very numerous, and of 

 a yellowifh green colour, generally erecfl, but 

 fometimes turning one way. 



The peduncles are very flender, green at firft, but 

 yeliovviili afterwards, and are remarkably waved 

 or full of flexures. The capfules are fmall, ob- 

 long, and terminated with a red pointed cper- 

 culum. The Calyptra is white and pointed ; the 

 rim of the orifice ciliated. The peduncles 

 arife from the fummits of the ilalks, generally 

 fingle, but fometimes two or three together. 



We fufpeft this mofs to be only a variety of the 

 following, the fiexures of the peduncles being 

 probably accidental. 



heteromaJ' BRYUM antheris ereftis, foliis fetaceis fecundis, 

 lum 14. Sp. pi. 1583, {VailL Paris, t. 27. /. 7. Billm, 



mufc. t. 47./. 37. ton, Oed. Dan. t. 479. opt.) 

 Eending Hair Pencil Bryum. Anglis. ' 

 In miOors and at the roots of trees. V. 

 The Italks vary fron: half an inch to an inch in 

 height, ered, Hmple, or flightly branched, and 

 furrounded with numerous capillary or fetaceous 

 hairs, of a fine green colour, leaning all one 

 way. The peduncles are yellowifli, and have a 

 fmall bulb at their bafe. The capfules are eredt 

 and more oval than the preceding. The opercu- 

 lum is red and pointed. 



BRYUM 



