73^ CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



*I'he ftalks are lialf an Inch long, branched, ana 

 crowded together in clofe, circular, convex- 

 grey tufts. The leaves, when young or moift, 

 appear lanceolate, carinated, nearly ereft, of a 

 yellowifli green colour, terminated with a loiig 

 hoary, waved hair. When dry they are much 

 contracted, and hardly diftinguilhable but by 

 their white hairs. 



The peduncles are very fhort, and arife from the 

 fummits of the branches, of a p^ile yellow co- 

 lour, eredt at firil, bearing capfules, covered 

 each with a thin pale calyptra-, but afterwards, 

 when the capfules become turgid, the pedun- 

 cles are curved or arched in fuch a manner, 

 that the capfules are immerfed, or buried, as ic 

 -w<?rc, among the leaves. Thefe capfules, when 

 ripe, are globular, fufcous, finely llriated, and 

 covered with a ftiort pointed operculum. The 

 lim of the orifice is furrounded with fmall dents* 



tfffpiticiutu BR YUM antheris pendulis, foliis lanceolatis acu- 

 27, minato-fetaceis, pedunculis longifFimis. Sp. pi. 



1586. [VailL t.i'cf.f. 7. i'ona. Dillen. /. 50./, 

 66. opt.) 

 Pendulous matted Bryum. Anglis. 

 Upon walls, houfes, and light gravelly foils. III. 

 \ 1 he ftalks are very ihort, flightly branched, and 

 grow together in clofe, thick, matted, grecn< 

 or reddiih tufts. The leaves are fmall, oval- 

 lanceclate, flv.ning, terminated with a iharp 

 beard, or hair, crowded together into a bulbous 



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