726 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



ceolate form, like hairs, very numerous, and of 

 a yellowifli green colour, generally ereft, but 

 fometimes turning one way. 



The peduncles are very flender, green at firft, but 

 • yellowifli afterwards, and are remarkably waved 

 or full of flexures. The capfules are fmall, ob- 

 long, and terminated with a red pointed cper- 

 eulum. The Calyptra is white and pointed \ the 

 ^ rim of the orifice ciliated. The j^eduncles 



-arife from the fummits of the ftalks, generally 

 finale, but fometimes two or three toD-ether, 

 We fufped this mofs to be pnly a variety of the 

 following, the flexures of the peduncles being 

 , probably accidental. 



heteromaU BR YUM antheris credis, foliis fetr.ceis fecundis. 

 lura 14. ^. pL 15S3. {Vaill. Paris, t. 27. /. 7. BiUen. 



: ■ .. mufc. t. A7- f' 31- ^^^' ^^^' ^^^- ^' 479' ^/'^•) 

 Bending Hair Pencil Bryum. J}?glrs. 

 In moors and at the roots of trees. V. 

 '' ■' ' The ftalks vary from half an inch to an inch in 

 '■ height, ered, fimple, or fiightly branched, and 



furrounded with numerous capillary or fetaceous 

 hairs, of a fine green colour, leaning all one 

 " ' .■ way. The peduncles are yellowiOi, and have a 

 fnicll bulb at their bafe. The capfules are ere£t 

 and more oval than the preceding. The opercu- 

 lum is red and pointed. 



• ' : V. . , . "', . ^ ^ BRYUM 



