730 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



as the capfule. The calyptra is creft, thin, and 

 fulcoiis in the young fpecimens, but oblique in 

 tiie o\d<^T ones. 1 he rim of the capfule. has 

 very {hort cilia. 

 The flalks are fometimes found an inch high, 



irunciP.i'd- BR.YUM antheris ereftis fubrotundis, operculo 

 han ig, mucronato, Sp- pi. 1584. (Moris, hift. f 15. /. 



7./. ] 8. Vail. Paris, t. 26. /. 2. DiUen. mufc. /., 

 45./. -i.cp.) 



Short brown-headed Bryum. Angiis. 



In woods and on banks, in a clayey foil. II. 



This is one of the leafl: of the mofs-tribe. The 

 ftalks are fingle, hardly a quarter of an inch 

 high, grow in tufts or patches, and are termi- 

 nated with a little rofe, or flar, of oval-lanceo- 

 late, acute, fhining green leaves, divided by a 

 nerve, which ends with a fhort hair, j»vifible by 

 a microfcope. 



The peduncle arifes from the centre of the flar, 

 of a tawny colour, hardly a quarter of an inch 

 high, terminated with an erect, fhort, thick, 

 oval capfule, fufcous when ripe. The opercu- 

 lum has a claw-like point in the centre, and is 

 covered with a pale calyptra. When the oper- 

 ciilmn falls off, the capfule appears remarkably 

 truncated, with a wide orifice, deftitute both of 



ring and cilia. 



BRYUM 



