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kterali 15, BRYUM antheris eredis lateralibus, fbliis fetaceis 

 fubfecundis. (Hailer. Iter. Hehet. p, 269. 71. §^. 

 tab, I. bon. Hiji Jlirp. Hehet. n. 1802. /. 46./. 

 8, lente acpta. Oed. Dan. t. sV'^yf- 3-) 



Lateral Bryum. Jnglis. 



In lliady woods by the fides of the highland moun- 

 tains, and by the fides of rivulets in ih^ fir 

 forefls. V. 



The ftalks are ereft, an inch high or more, and 

 grow in bright green tufts, a little recurved at 

 the top, covered with a fufcous down at the 

 bafe, and furrounded with numerous foft capil- 

 lary leaves, fometimes ereft, but generally lean- 

 ing a little to one fide. The peduncles are red, 

 very fhort, about i-6th of an inch long, and 

 arife fingly, or two or three above one another, 

 from the fide of the ftalk, out of the aU of 

 the leaves, having a fmall bulb at their bafe. 

 The capfule is ered, large, (hort, cylindrically 

 oval, flriated, and of a cinnamon colour. The 

 operculum is fiicrt, conical and red. The ori- 

 fice cifiated with red hairs. The cahptrn pale, 

 acute, and vifible only while the caplules are 

 young. 



iortuofim BRYUM antheris erec'tis, foliis fetaceis imberbi-' 

 J 6, bus, arefactione retortis. Syjl. nat. edit. 13. p, 



798. Sp. pi. 1583. (Hader. hiJi. Hehet. t. ^S'f; 

 2. Dillen. mujc. t. 48./. 40. opt.) 

 Frizzled Bryum. Anglis. 



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