*/:sc^ CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



as the capfule. The calyp!ra is ere<5t, thin, and 

 fufcous in the young fpecimens, but obHque in 

 the older ones. 1 he rim of the capfult has 

 very fhort cilia. 

 The flalks are fometimes found an inch high, 



iruncatu- BR.YUM antheris ercdlis fubrotundis, operculo 



lutn J 9. n-.ucronato. Sp- pi. «584. (Moris, hiji. J. 15. /. 



"i' f. ^ 8. Vail. Paris, t. 26. /. 2. DUlen. mujc. t. 



^ . . 45- /• I'Op-) 



., Short brown-headed Bryum. Angiis. 



In woods and on banks, in a clayey foil. II. 

 ':■ This is one of the leaft of the mofs-tribe. The 

 llalks arc fmgle, hardly a quarter of an inch 

 . f high, grow in tufts or patches, and are termi-i 



nated with a little rofe, or flar, of oval-lanceo- 

 late, acute, fliining green leaves, divided by a 

 nerve, which ends -\vith a Iliort hair, invifible by 

 . : a microfcope. 

 .;,,, The peduncle arifes from the centre of the ftar, 

 J, of a tav^ny colour, hardly a quarter of an inch 

 ?' . high, terminated with an ereft, fliort, thick, 

 oval capfule, fufcous when ripe. The opercu- 

 lum has a claw-like point in the centre, and is [ 

 covered with a pale calyptra. When the cper- 

 ctdum falls off, the caplule appears remarkably ; 

 truncated, with a wide orifice, deftitutc both of 

 ring and cilia. • . , 



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