738 CRYPTCGAMIA MUSCI. 



more pellucid •, the capfules longer, and later in 

 their appearance*, the operculum more acute. 

 Lir^HdUs, in his Fl. Suec. and 13th edition of the 

 Syjl. nat. has rank'd this amongft theMNIUMS, 

 but vvc have ne^er yet fcen the granulated difcs 

 of the female fruftifications, nor does Dillenius 

 mention them, and therefore \vc judged it more 

 caiy for the fludent to retain this mofs among 

 the Bryums, efpecially as it is fo nearly related 

 to the preceding, which is received as a Bryum 

 by Linuicus hinifelf. 



HaVer and IVeis have placed it with the Hyfnums^ 

 as having a per ichtt turn at the bafe of the pe- 

 duncle. 



^ipiniim 29 BRYUM anthera oblonga pendula, foliis ovatis 



acuminatis carinatis, lurrulis ramofis axillis pc- 



diinculiferis. Syft- tint. edit. 13 p. yc)g. Hudf. Fl. 



aJ7gI. p. 415. (Diilcn. mufc t. 50./. 64.) 



Red alpine Bryum. AngVn. 



Upon the highland m )untain=, on rocks covered 



with little earth, as on lien Lomond^ &c. V. 

 The ilalks are an inch and a half high, irregularly 

 divided into lounger and fnortcr branches, and 

 orow together in tutrs of a Iliming dark red co- 

 lour, which dillinguiflies this iiiol's at firll light. 

 'l~he k^^vcs are very numerous, lanceolate, cari-- 

 uaied, and grow all round tlie branches; flii^htly 

 p:.tent in the moid plant, but eted and clofely 

 prcll'*d to the ftalk in the dry, lb as to make 

 ;!iat and the branches appt-ar cylindrical, vvith 



pointed 



