CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 7^1 



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BRYUM anthcris eredis ovatis, folila lanceolatis 

 acuminatis imbricato-parulis. Sp. pi. 1^,84. 

 {Vail. Paris. /. 29. /. 5. Di/lef!. miifc. t. 48. /, 

 43-) 



Little green Bryum. Anglis. 



On fiiady banks, by road-iides, and in woods. III. 



This minute riiofs is about i-6th of an inch hieh 

 and grows in gret-n tufts, or would fcarcely be 

 vifible. It is Iimple, or vpry (lightly branched. 

 The leaves are lanceolate ?Mi\ acute, but fo 

 very narrow that they may be term'd capillary. 

 Their points, when dry, are curled. 



The peduncles arife from the centre of the leaves, 

 of a pale green, about a quarter of an inch 

 high, with oval ere6t capfules, of a yellow fuf- 

 c; us colour. The operculum is pointed, the 

 rim ciliated, the calyptra acute. 



BRYUM acaulon, foliolis fetaceis, anthens obtu- 

 fuTimis patulis. Sp.pl. 1584. {Dillen. rr.vfc. t. 



A9-h- 5i-) 

 The lead dwarf Bryum. Anglis. 



Upon mo'ift rocks, and fometimes upon decav'd 

 wood in damp fliady places. IV. 



This is the fmallcfl: of all the Brymns, and would 

 be hardly diftingullhable if it did not grow in 

 clufters. It dificrs from the preceding in not 

 being more than half fo large, the leaves finer, 

 of a darker green, and not curled at the ends 

 when dry •, but chiefly iri having Itirer and more 

 ..,.,. ■ ' " obtufc 



