CRYP'l'OGAiWIA MUSCI. 71? 



'•*' Tiie ftalk is red, about half an inch liigh, or a 



little more •, the leaves grow alternately round 

 ■ the ftalk, of a pale green cohur, tender, pellu- 



cid, and entire on the edges •, the lower one.'; 

 oval and acute, the upper ones narrow and lan- 

 ceolate, all having a fine nerve running along 

 the middle. 

 The filament arifes from the top of the ftalk, of a 

 pale red colour, about half an inch long. Tiie 

 anthera is oblong and pendulous, fmaliell at the 

 bafe, broadelt at the end, green at firft, but 

 rcddifh when ripe. The calyptra is pale green 

 and recurved. The operculum is lliort, reddilh, 

 and obtufej the rim Ciliated. 

 It is very nearly related to the MNIUM hornuvt, 

 but differs from it in having entire leaves, as 



- ; .; well as being a fhorter and fmaller n^ofs. 



We have never yet fcen any of the ftalks termi- 

 nated with a ftellated calyx ; nor does Dillenius 



;. . mention any fuch ; but as the plant is very like 



the M. hormm, which is known to have them, 



. . we have ventured, with Linnaus^ wiio may pro- 



bably h;ive kzn them, to place it among the 

 MNIUMS, 



firb\UifoU'=> ^^1^^ pedunculis aggregatis, foiiis pjtcntibns 

 umQ. " peilucidis. Sp, pi. 1577. [FaiU. Pails, t. :6. /, 

 5. i^ iJi. Dilkn. mujc. /, 53./. 8r. cpi.) 

 Thyme- leaved Mnium. Anglis. 

 In woods and moifl l^iady places frequent. i\'. 



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