72 2 . CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 



covered with a fufcons down about the lower 

 parr, and generally grow in large tufts ; the 

 leaves are linear and acute, one third of an inch 

 long, recurv'd or falcated, lean all on one fide 



- - of the Italk, and are of a yellowifh colour. 



The peduncles are one or two inches high, llrong, 

 and of a ycUowifh colour, arifing near the bafc 



■■ of the new branches, generally fingle, but 



fometimes two, three, or four from the fame 



•J . point. The capfules are cylindrical, a little in- 



curved, and flriated. The operculum is furnifli'd 

 : with a red beard or point, alnioft as long as the 



_ , capfule. '1 he calyptra is long, pale, and fal- 



-;;, ■ ,. cated. ;.■, . .;• ,--; , , / . .,..{ 



^V ': At the bottons of the peduncle is a bulb or Pgri- 

 chdtiunu fcaly or foliaceous at the bafe ; which 



r':.: determined Haller, ^copoli^ Weis, &c. to place 



this mofs amongfl the Hypnums, but as this buib 



.- . in the upper part is naked and without fcales, 



Linno'us has thought fit to retain it amongft the 



Erymns ; lb nearly are the two genera allied. 



mduUtum BRYUM antheris erediufculis, pedunculis fubfo- 



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litariis, foliis lanccolatis carinatis undulatis pa- 

 tent! bus ferratis. Sp. pi. 1582. (Vail. Paris, t. 

 16. f. 17- foHa tna-'e, Cap/uU bene. DUlen, /, 46. 

 / i3. bene. Oed. t. 477- <^P-) .:..,,,,, .,? 

 Curled Bryum. Anglts. 



In fliady places, and in woods about the roots of 

 trees frequent. Xll-I. 



The 



