mo APPENDIX. 



CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



G^ocarpum. BRYUM. var, /3. Sp. pi. i5yg. {VailL paris. L 

 27. /. 18. BiUen. mufc. t. 32. /. 5.) 



Hoary red-headed Bryum. Anglis. 



Upon the rocks on the Highland mountains fre- 

 quent. XI. — III. 



This feems to be more than a variety. It is pro- 

 . ' bably a diftindt fpecies from that we have de- 



fcribed. 



The flalks are longer, being about two inches 

 high, and n ore branched; the fummits of 

 the branches frequently a little curved or 

 liooked. 



The leaves are more numerous, a little broader, 

 convexo-concave, and terminated with a much 

 longer hoary hair. Li the winter they are of a 

 ' pale-green, but in the fpring and fummer of 



a grey hoary color, patent when moift, but 

 prefs'd clofe to the ftalk when dry ; appearing 

 in this laft inftance (except in the hairinefs) like 

 a fprig of Cyprefs. 



The capfules are a little larger than thofe of the 

 other fort, and like them grow fefiile on the 

 fummits of the branches, buried amongft the 

 leaves. They are green at firft, but rcddifh 

 when ripe. The operculum is of a bright-red 



color, 



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