Bryace^.] 172 [Brymn. 



14. BRYUM AFFINE {Bruch) Lindh. 



Synoicous ; shorter and denser. Leaves ovato-lanc, longly cuspidate 

 with the excurrent nerve, comal long and lane. Caps, with a long neck. 

 (T. LXXI, B.) 



Syn. — Webera affinis Bruch in Brid. Bry. univ. i, 848 (1827). 



Bryum capillare y. affine Brid. I.e. 



Pohlia paradoxa Hueben. Muse. germ. 479 (1833). 



Bryum bimum Var. cuspidatum Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 6 — g, p. 50 (1839). Schimp. 

 Synops. 357. WiDS. Bry. brit. 238 (1855). 



Bryum cuspidatum Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 430 (1876). Boul. Muse, de Fr. i, 267 (1884). 



Bryum paradoxum Juratz. Laubm. oest.-ung. 266 (1882). 



Bryum cirratum Var. cuspidatum HusN. Muse. gall. 248 (i88g). 



Synoicous ; densely casspitose and tomentose. Lower leaves 

 minute ovate acuminate, median larger ovato-lanc. longly cuspidate 

 with the excurrent nerve, uppermost forming a loose patent coma, twice 

 as large, oblong-lanc, with a border of 2 — 3 rows of narrow yellowish 

 cells. Caps, inclined or subpendulous, with a long obconic neck, more 

 or less oblongo-obconic, contracted below the mouth when dry, 

 fuscescent ; lid conic apiculate. Teeth long, yellow, membrane of 

 endostome prolonged, processes widely gaping, cilia with long 

 appendages. 



Hab. — Walls and damp rocks. Fr. 6 — 7. 



Kirkham and Egglestone, Yorks. (Spruce 1843)! Orford, Warrington (Wilson). Eceles 

 and Bowdon (Hunt 1861) ! ! Old gravel pit at Ashton and clayfields at Old Trafford 

 (Hunt 1863). Buxton (Hunt 1871) ! Mucross, Killarney (Hunt 1872). Rocks by Falls 

 of Loehay (Hunt 1865) ! ! Todmorden (Nowell 1S60). Romiley, Cheshire (Whitehead). 

 Swinner gill, Upper Swaledale (R. Barnes 1891) ! ! 



Var. p. cirratum (Hornsch.) 



More branched, glossy yellowish green, often with long slender innova- 

 tions ; leaves ovate, longer, gradually acuminate, revolute at margin, border 

 broader of 3 — 5 rows of cells, nerve excurrent in a long remotely denticulate 

 point, piliform in the uppermost leaves. Caps, shorter. 



Syn. — Bryum cirratum Hornsch. in Flora ii, 90 (i8ig). Funck Moost. 48, t. 30. Brid. Bry. 

 univ. i, 672. C. MuELL. Synops. i, 278. Schimp. Bry. eur. fasc. 32, t. 11, Synops. 

 356, 2 ed. 429. De Not. Epilogo 386. Milde Bry. siles. 211. HusN. Muse. gall. 248, 

 t. 67. BouL. Muse, de Fr. i, 268. 



Bryum paradoxum Var. p. cirratum Juratz. Laubm. oest.-ung. 266. 



Hab. — Mountain rocks. (Ben Lawers Stirton 1868) ! 



Although very near to B. bimum, this species appears to be distinct in the 

 form of the leaf and longly excurrent nerve. The Var. p. is clearly the 

 alpine form of the plant. 



