Bryace^.] 173 [Bryum. 



15. BRYUM TORaUESCENS By. Sch. 



Synoicous ; densely matted, radiculose ; lower leaves ovato-lanc, 

 cuspidate, upper ovate, cuspidate, divergent, twisted when dry, the 

 margin reflexed. Caps, large pendulous, obconical, a little in- 

 curved. (T. LXXI, C.) 



Syii.— Bryum torquescens Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasG. 6— g, p. 49, t. 20 (1839). Rabenh. Deutsch. 

 kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 213 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. i, 277 (1849). Wils. Bry. br. 239, t. 49 

 (185s). ScHiMP. Synops. 358 (i860), 2 ed. 431. Berk. Handb. br. m. 193 (1863). 

 MiLDE Bry. siles. 211 (i86g). De Not. Epil. 396 (1869). Hobk. Syn. br. ra. 116 

 (1873). HusN. Mouss. nord-ouest 123 (1873). Juratz. Laubm. oest.-ung. 268 (1882). 

 Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 230 (1884). Boul. Muse, de Fr. i, 269 (1884). 

 Bryum capillare Var. torquescens Husn. Muse. gall, i, 240 (1889). 



Synoicous ; short csespitant, with many black-purple radicles. 

 Leaves distant, spirally twisted when dry, lax ilaccid, elongato-lanc, 

 complicato-carinate, subflexuose with recurved margins, comal densely 

 crowded, ovate and oblong-lanc, concave, all entire with a very narrow 

 border, nerve reddish excurrent in a long smooth point. Caps, inclined 

 and pendulpus, somewhat incurved, elongate-obconic, red or rufous- 

 brown, lid convex, acutely apiculate, glossy rufous red. 

 Hab. — On walls and rocks ; not common. Fr. 6 — 7. 



Gormire (Borrer 1844). Hurstpierpoint (Mitten). Tunbridge Wells {jfenner), Cleve hill. 

 Levens (Barnes i8Sg). Mucruss (Hunt 1872)!! Near Dublin (Moore). Mallow, 

 Cork (Holt 1885) ! ! Hayle sands, Penzance (Curnow 1872). Great Doward hill 

 (Rev. A. Ley) ! Longbridge, Devon (Holmes). 



Closely resembling B. capillare, and possibly to be regarded as only 

 a variety of that species. 



16. BRYUM PALLESCENS SMeich. 



Autoicous; csespitose, stems taller, branched; leaves ovato-lanc, 

 entire, margin reflexed, nerve excurrent. Caps, oblong-pyriform, 

 horizontal or cernuous ; lid conic acuminate. (T. LXXI, D.) 



Syn. — Bryum pallescens Schleich. Crypt, helv. exs. No. 28 (1807). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, 

 P. II, 107, t. 75 (i8i6). FuNCK Moost. 48, t. 30 (1821). Brid. Bry. univ. i, 645 (1826). 

 Hueeen. Muse. germ. 446 (1S33). Br. Schimp. Bry. eur. fasc. 6 — g, p. 51, t. 22 (1839). 

 Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 213 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. i, 279 (1849). Wils. 

 Bry. brit. 234, t. 48 (1855). Schimp. Synops. 360 (i860), 2 ed. 433. Berk. Handb. 

 br. m. ig3 (1863). De Not. Epilogo 384 (i86g). Milde Bry. siles. 212 (1869). 

 Hobk. Synops. 115 (1873). Juratz. Laubm. oest.-ung. 269 (1882). Boul. Muse, 

 de Fr. i, 266 (1884). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 231 (1884). Husn. Muse. gall, i, 

 248, t. 67 (1889}. 



Autoicous; in cushioned tufts, green above, fuscescent below, 

 interwoven with rufous tomentum. Stems branched, purple. Lower 

 leaves distant, ovate, acutely acuminate, nerve lost below apex, comal 

 oblong-acuminate, apiculate or cuspidate with the excurrent nerve. 



