BRYACE.E.] 174 [Bryum. 



broadly bordered and subrevolute at margin, reddish at base, slightly 

 twisted when dry. Caps, on a reddish seta arcuate above, horizontal 

 or inclined, long-necked, clavato-pyriform, regular, contracted below 

 mouth when dry, at first yellowish, finally reddish fuscous ; lid convex 

 apiculate shining' ; teeth reddish below, pale yellow above. Male infl. 

 secund on a proper branch. 



Hab. — Rocks and walls in subalpine districts, not common. Fr. 7 — 8. 



Teesdale {Spruce, 1843). Ochil hills (Lyle). Clonmel, Ireland (Sidebotham). Swaledale 

 and Yoredale (Baker 1853). Strath Tummel (Greville 1855). Appleton, Warrington 

 (Wilson 1859). Arncliff and Malham (Nowell 1862) ! ! Ben Lawers (Htmt 1868) ! ! 

 Monsall dale (Holt 1879) ! ! 



Var. )8. contextum (Homsch.) 



Stems taller, more compact, much branched ; capsule on a shorter seta, 

 shorter ventricose more or less cernuous. 



Syn. — Bryum contextum Hoppe Hornsch. in Flora 1819, p. 91. Brid. Bry. univ. i, 646. 

 Bryum pallescens Var. contextum Br. Sch. Bry. eur. 



Hab. — Ettersgill beck, Teesdale [Spruce 1S43) ! 



This fine species varies considerably in size and in the size and 

 direction of the capsule, and comes nearest to B. intermedium. Its close ally 

 B. subrotundum Brid. is found in Norway, but I have seen no British 

 specimens. 



17. BRYUM CffiSPITICIUM L. 



Dioicous ; in small pale green dense tufts. Leaves erecto-patent, 

 ovato-lanceolate, nerve excurrent, margin reflexed. Caps, pendulous, 

 oblong-obovate, wide-mouthed ; lid large mammillate. (T. LXXt, E.) 



Syn. — Bryum pendulum, ovatum, ctBspiticium et pilosum, seta 6/coion' Dill, Hist. muse. 396, t. 

 50, f. 66 B— D (1741) et Herbar. 

 Bryum ccespiticium L. Sp. pi. 1121 (1753), Fl. suec. loio. HuDs. Fl. angl. 413 (1762). 

 Weiss Cr. Goett. 203 (1770). Neck. Meth. muse. 228 (1771). Wither. Bot. arr. Br. 

 veg. ii, 679 (1776). LiGHTF. Fl. seot. ii, 736 (1777). Sibth. Fl. oxon. 2go (1794). 

 SwARTZ Muse. suee. 50 (1798). Hull Br. fl. P. 2, 256 (1799). Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. 

 I, 239 (1800). Hedw. Sp. muse. 180 (1801). Turn. Muse. hib. 120 (1804). Sm. Fl. 

 brit. 1354 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1904. Curt. Fl. Lond. t. 164. Voit Muse. herb, gi 

 (1812). Wahlenb. fl. lapp. 360 (1812). ScHWAEO. Suppl. I, P. n, 109 {1816). Brid. 

 Sp. Muse, in, 16 (1817), Mant. 118 (1819), Bry. univ. i, 66g (1826). Hook. Tayl. 

 Muse. brit. 127, t. 2g (1818). Gray Nat. arr. Br. pi. i, 770 (1821). Hook. Fl. Scot. 

 P. ;:, 150 (1821), Br. fl. ii, 61 {1833). Hueben. Muse. germ. 443 (1833). Funck 

 Moost. 48, t. 30 (1821). Mack. Fl. hib. P. 2, 32 (1836). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 6 — g, 

 p. 70, t. 34 (i83g). De Not. Syll. 122 {1838), Epilogo 397 (1869). Rabenh. Deutsch. 

 kr. fl. ii, S. 3, Z17 (1848). C. MUELL. Synops. i, 284 (1849). WiLS. Bry. br. 243, t. 29 

 (1855). ScHiMP. Synops. 367 (i860), z ed. 443. Berk. Handb. br. m. 195 (1863). 

 MiLDE Bry. siles. 216 (i86g). Hobk. Syn. br. m. 118 (1873). HusN. Mouss. nord- 

 ouest 124 (1873), Muse. gall, i, 241, t. 65 (i88g). Juratz. Laubm. oest.-ung. 279 (1882). 

 Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 235 (1884). Boul. Muse, de Fr. i, 255 (1884). 



Hypnum ccsspiticium Schranck Baiers. fl. ii, - 473 (1789). Web. Mohr. Bot. Tasch. 

 283 (1807). 



