CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 735 



*** Antkeris raitantihus. 



irgenteum bRYUxM antheris pcndulis, fLirculis cylindricis im- 

 ^^* bricatis Is'vibus. Sp. 1586. (Vnil. Paris^ 16. /. 



3. Biilsn. mufc. /. s^-f- 62, ^ 63. opt.) 



Silver Bryum. Anglis. 



Upon houfes, walls and rocks. XII. I. 



The ftalks are cylindrical, from half an inch to an 

 inch long, of a filvcry colour, and grow in 

 cluders. The leaves are oval-ianceolate, acute, 

 terminated with a hair, denfely imbricated in a 

 quadruple feries, and fo clofely prefTed to the 

 ftalk as not to be difcern'd without a lens. 



The peduncle is about half an inch, ''and arifjs ."t 

 the bale of the ftalks, red at the bottom, pale 

 at the top. The capfules are oval, nodding, 

 and of a yeilovvilli colour. The operculum Is 

 fhort, obtufe, and orange-colour'd. The rim of 

 the orince ciliated. The caiyptra dark green, 

 vifible only on the young capfules, and foon af- 

 terwards deciduous. 



The young ftalks are green, but grow filvery with 

 age. 



\puhinatum BRYUM antheris fjbrotundis, pedunculis reficxis, 

 26. foliis piliferis. Sp. pi. 1589. {Vail. Paris, t. 29'. 



/ 2. Dillen. mujc. t, 50./. 6^^ cpt. MorisJjjJL i 

 6./. 21.) 

 Grey Cuftiion Bryum. AngTis. 

 Upon walls and tiled houfes frequent. III. IV. 



The 



