BRYACE.E.] i62 [Bryum. 



Bryum julaceum (non Schrad.) Sm. F1. brit. iii, 1357, p.p. (1804), Eng. Bot. 1.2^70(1811). 

 Hook. Tayl. Muse. br. 118 (excl. syn.), t. 28 {1818). Gray Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 768 

 (1821). Hook. F1. scot. P. H, 149 (1821), Br. FI. 58 (1833). Brid. Bry. univ. i, 659, 

 p.p. (1826). ScHWAEG. Suppl. II, P. II, 157, p.p. t. 195, excl. fig. II (1S27), et in L. 

 Sp. pi. 4 ed. V, P. II, 68, p.p. {1830). HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 459, excl. syn. (1833). 

 Hartm. Skand. fl. 2—9 ed. Mack. F1. hib. P. 2, 31 (1836). De Not. in Mem. ace. 

 Torin. xl, 331, p.p. (1838), Syllab. muse. 117, p.p. (1838). Br. Sch. Bry. ear. fasc. 6— g, 

 Mon. 79, t. 40 (1839). C. MuELL. Synops. i, 315 {1849). Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, 

 S. 3, 221 {1848). WiLS. Bry. br. 246, excl. syn. et var. j3, t. 28 (1855). Hobk. Synops. 

 119 (1873). 



Anomobryuvi julaceum Schimp. Synops. 382, p.p. (i860). Berk. Handb. br. m. 188 (1863). 

 Zett. Muse, pyren. 34 (1866). 



Wcbera julacea De Not. Epil. bri. ital. 416 (1869). 

 Bryum (Anomobryum) filiforme Schimp. Syn. 2 ed. 465 (1876). 



..4Momoiy)'H)K^/i/oymc HusN. Muse. gall, i, 222, t. 60 (1888). LiMPR. in Rabenh. D. kr. 

 fl. Laubm. ii, 218 (1892). 



Dioicous ; in tallish glossy pale green tufts, the branches long and 



filiform, with densely imbricated leaves. Leaves not altered by moisture , 



ovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, very concave, margin erect, entire or 



minutely serrulate at apex, nerve yellow, vanishing at summit, cells 



variable, upper flexuoso-linear or narrowly rhomboid, incrassate, lower 



laxer and thinner, hexagono-rectangular. Perich. bracts longer, ovato- 



lanc, muticous and acute. Caps, on a reddish seta arcuate at top, 



inclined or subpendulous, oval or narrowly oblong with an attenuated 



neck, usually a very little incurved, pale reddish or castaneous, scarcely 



contracted below the mouth when dry ; lid high, convex with a short 



papilla, rufous, very glossy, annulus compound, separating spirally ; 



teeth light ferrug. below, subulate and hyaline above, endostome 



yellowish, the processes lacunose, with i — 3 longly appendiculate cilia. 



Male plant very slender, the infl. gemmiform, bracts roundish, nerveless. 



Hab. — Wet places among rocks in alpine districts. Fr. 8 — g. 



Frequent on the mountains of Scotland, Wales, and N. of England, and about Killarney, 

 Ireland, the leaves quite of different texture from those of B. argenteum, for which it has 

 several times been mistaken. 



2. BRYUM CONCINNATTJM Spruce. 



Dioicous ; smaller than B. filiforme. Leaves ovate acute, nerved to 

 apex, the cells narrow linear-hexagonal. (T. LXIX, D.) 



Syn. — Bryum concinnaUim Spruce in Trans, bot. soc. Edin. iii, 155 (1849). C. Muell. 

 Synops. ii, 575 (1851). Hartm. Sk. fl. 9 ed. ii, 34 (1864). Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 468 

 (1876). Juratz. Laubm. oester.-ung. 296 (1882). Lindb. Not. ur Sallsk. Fn. et fl. 

 Fenn. 1870, p. 44. Hoek. Synops. 2 ed. 168 (1884). 



Bryum julaceum Var. fi. concmnatum WiLs. Bry. br. 246 (1855). Hobk. Synops. 119 (1873). 



Bryum nimbigenum Tayl. MSS. Hartm. Skand. fl. 8 ed. 367 (1861). 



Anomobryum concinnatum Lindb. in Oefv. Vet. ak. foerh. xviii, 277 (1861). HusN. Muse 



gall. 223, t. 60 (1888). Limpr. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 221 (1892). 

 An. julaceum Var. /3. concinnatum Zett. Muse. pyr. 34 (1866). 

 Bryum filiforme Var. concinnaUim Boul. Muse, de Fr. i, 294 (1884). 



