,fni 



. CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 723 



The ftalks are ereft and fimple, from one to three 

 inches high. The leaves are large, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, waved, finely ferrated on the edges, of 

 a dark green colour, patent when moiftj but 



:. x;.\v.y.\ : greatly curled when dry. ' ■ 



The peduncles arife from the fummits of the 



. -"i! -'.",'. !-^ . ftalks, one or two inches long, generally fingle, 



' " " fometimes two together, red at the bafe, yel- 



'* ■■ lowifli at the top. The capfules are of a dark 



red colour, cylindrical and incurved. The oper- 

 . , . culum has a red ring at the bafe, and is termi- 



nated with a long extended point, often a little 

 recurved. The calyptra is long, conical, and 

 whitifli. The cUia are conneded to a central 

 membrane, as in the Folytrichum commune. 



glaucumiQ BRYUM antheris ereftiufculis, fperculo arcuato, 



' foliis eredlis imbricatis, furculis ramofis. Sp.pl. 



•>'■■■■- '■ 1582, {Moris, hiji.f. 15. /. 6./. 22. fine pedun- 



•'^ ■'^' '■ '■ cuUs. Vail. Paris, t. 26. /. 13. non. bene. DtUen. 



■■""■' mufc. i. 46. f. 20. epi.) 



''''"' White bfittle Bryum. Jnglis, 



In open mcorifli heaths frequent. %. IX. 

 ~ „ The ftalks are crowded together in thick matted 



.. , , ,. tufts, from one to four inches high, fingle at 

 . the bafe, but divided into fiiort, cylindrical' 



. ,, branches towards the top, clofely imbricated all 



around with remarkably brittle, greenifh white, 

 narrow, fubulate, ered leaves. 



A a a 2 BRYUM 



