Bryace^.] 178 [Bryum. 



reddish at base. Male plant more slender, infl. gemmaceous, bracts 



broadly ovate, acuminate. 



Hab.— On banks, roadsides and walls, often with B. argenUum. Fr. 5. 



Globose axillary compound gemmae are frequently seen on this plant, 

 which is easily known by the abruptly ending base of capsule, though this is 

 still more pronounced in the closely allied B. versicolor Braun. It varies 

 considerably in size, and the leaves occasionally have the nerve vanishing 

 below the point. 



Var. p. graeilentum. Tayl. MSS. 



Gemmiparous, taller and more slender. Leaves broader and more 

 obtuse, the nerve vanishing below the apex. 



Hab. — With the typical form. Not uncommon. 



20. BRYTTM ERYTHROCAEPON Schwaeg. 



Dioicous ; stems short, leaves ovato-lanc, erecto-patent, cuspidate 

 with the shortly excurrent nerve, serrulate at apex. Caps, pendulous, 

 oblong-pyriform, lid sharply pointed. (T. LXXII, E.) 



Syn. — Bryum pendulum ovatum, ccespiticium et pilosum, seta hicolori p.p. Dill. Hist. muse. 397, 

 t. 50, fig. 66 E. 



Bryum erythrocarpon Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 100, t. 70 (1816), excl. syn. Brid. Mart. 

 Fl. cr. Erl. 58 (1817). Schultz Suppl. Fl. starg. 84 (i8ig). Funck Moost. t. 29 (1821). 

 HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 447 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 122 (1838), Epilogo 399 (1869). 

 Be. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 6 — 9, p. 72, t. 36 (1839). Rabenh. Deutsch. cr. fl. ii, S. 3, 218 

 (1848). C. MuELL. Synops. i, 297 (1849). Schimp. Synops. 363 (i860), 2 ed. 436. 

 Berk. Handb. br. m. 193 (1863). Milde Bry. siles. 213 (1869). Husn. Mouss. nord- 

 ouest 123 (1873), Muse. gall. 245, t. 66 (1889). Juratz. Laubm. oest.-ung. 271 (1882). 

 Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 232 (1884). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 162 (1884). Boul. 

 Muse, de Fr. i, 250 (1884). 



Bryum sangnineum Brid. Sp. muse. Ill, 28 {1817), Mant. 118 (1819), Bry. univ. i, 671 

 (1826). Wallr. Fl. cr. germ, i, 270 (1831). WiLs. Bry. br. 243, t. 50 {1855). Hobk. 

 Syn. br. m. 118 (1873). 



Dioicous ; in short loose tufts, green with a reddish or brownish 

 tinge. Stem slender, branched, radiculose at base, sometimes with red 

 globose axillar gemmae. Leaves crowded, erecto-patent, or remote and 

 patent, straight or slightly recurved, somewhat rigid, lane, or elongate- 

 lane, shortly mucronate with the excurrent nerve, margin reflexed 

 below, serrulate at apex, without any border; nerve red, vanishing 

 below or at the point or excurrent, cells rather large, hexagonal. Caps, 

 pendulous on a long red seta arched at top, oblongo- and obconic- 

 pyriform, brown or deep red ; annulus broad, lid large, convex-conic, 



