CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 731 



BRYUM antherls ere6lis ovatis, folils lanceolatis 

 acuminatis imbricato-patulis. Sp. pi. 1584. 

 (Fail. Paris, t. 29. /. 5. Dilkn. miifc. t. 48. /. 

 450 



Little green Bryum. ylnglis. 



On fliady banks, by road-lides, and in woods. Ill, 



This minute niofs is about i-6th of an inch hi^^h, 

 and grows in green tufts, or would fcarcely be 

 vifible. It is fimple, or very uightly branched. 

 The leaves are lanceolate and acute, but io 

 very narrow that they may be tcnn'd capillary. 

 Their poin:s, when dry, are curled. 



The peduncles arife from the centre of the leaves, 

 of a pale green, about a quarter of an inch 

 high, with oval ered capfules, of a yellow fuf- 

 c us colour. The opei cidum is pointed, tVjo. 

 rim ciliated, the cc.hptra acute. 



BRYUM acaulon, foliolis fetaceis, antheris obtu- 

 ■ fuTimis patulis. Sp.pl. 1584. {Tiilien. mufc. t. 



The lead dwarf Bryum. Jnglis. 



Upon mold rocks, and fomctimes upon decay'd 

 wood in damp fliady places. IV. 



This is the fmallell of all the Bryums., and would 

 ■ be hardly diftinguifliable if it did not grow m 

 clutters. It differs from the preceding in not 

 being more than half fo large, the leaves finer, 

 of a darker green, and not curled at the ends 

 when dry •, but chiefly in having leffcr and more 



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