CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. ^n 



clufter in the young Ihoots, but flellated in the 

 old ones. 



The peduncles are about an inch long, erefl, red 

 at the bafe, pale or ycllowifh towards the top, 

 and arile out of the fummirs of the lafl year's 

 Ihoots, or at thfe bafe of the new Ihoots, The 

 capfule is cylindrically oval or elliptical, pendu- 

 lous and green, yellowilh when ripe. The oper^ 

 ctilum is tranfparent, papillary, green at firfl, 

 «red and fhiningwhen ripe. The calyptra is thin, 

 ere6t, and fufcous in the young piants,v)blique 

 and red iri the adult ones. 



It varies with broader leaveSj and with longer and 

 fhorter peduncles. 



Haller ranks this mofs among the Hypnumi^ on ac- 

 count of the vagina^ or p eric h,f Hum at the bafc 

 of the filament. 



UpilUrei% BRYUM ahtheris pendulis, foliis ovatis fetiferis 



carinatis, pedunculis longiffimis Sp, pi 1586. 



MNIUM capillar e. Syft. nat edit, 13. p. -j^S: 



(Moris, hiji. f. 15. t.b.f. 19. Vail Paris, t. 24. 



/ 6. Dillen. t. 50./. 6y.opt ) 



Capillary Bryum. Greater pendulous matted Bry- 

 um. Anglis. 



In woods, hcathsy and gravelly foils. IV. 



This is extremely like the preceding in its whole 

 habit, and perhaps is only a variety of it. It 

 differs, however, in being larger in all its parts : 

 the fhoots or branches are longer j the leaves 

 wider towards the extremity, of a fine green, and 

 B b b more 



