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out of it liii Gymnoflomiim, An!ftana;ium, Kiicalypta, 

 Leerfia, Grimmin, V/eilTi.i, Trichoilomuin, l)idym()(l<in, 

 Cynoiitodium, Toitula, I3aibiila, Bartramia, and part of 

 his Splachmim, Fiflidens, and Dicranuin ) and continirijr it 

 to fiich fp^cifi as havt the followin;r cliaraftev. Pcr'iJJome, 

 or fringe fiirnniudiiiiT the mouth of the capfiilc. double ; 

 o«/c/- tootlied, tcctli fixteeii acute ; inner filiate ; ciha difform, 

 ariling from a keeled membrane. Male Fluii<er, capituli- 

 form, dioicous. It has however firice been again extended 

 with various modifications by different authors. Scln-eber 

 includes iu it Hedwig's Mninm and Webera, with this 

 character. Cnpfiih\ ovate- oblong. Pcr'ijhime, double; mtter 

 with fixteen broadilli acute teeth ; inner membranaceous, 

 plaited and keeled, laciniate, with alternate broadifli and 

 capillary divifions Miifc. capitate, or difcoid, or gemma- 

 ceous. Dr. Siaith's Brvnm comprehends Webera, Pohlia, 

 and Meefia ; and Mr. Turner adds Mnium. Dr. Smith's 

 generic charafter (lands thus ; capfiile, ovate-oblong, not 

 furrowed. Peri/lome, outer with fixteen teeth dilated at the 

 bafe ; inner membranaceous, varioufly toothed and laciniate. 

 Calyptra not furrowe*!. Pedicell terminal. He enumerates 

 thirty-three Britifh fpecies. 



I. B. nutans, filky pendulous thread-mofs. Schrebcr, 

 Swartz, Roth, Ehrt. ; [fericenm, With. Hull. Sibth.) Dill. 

 t. 50. f. 61. Eng. Bot. 1240. " Stem generally fimple ; 



ere.^, black witli a ferruginous down at the bafe. Leaves 

 ereCt but fp'tading, of a full yellow green, glcHy, obtufe, 

 very entire, keeled. Fruit-Jl,dks terminal, folitary, very long, 

 crett, ca])illary, red, but brown at the bafe, and yellowilh 

 at the top. Ctipfiiie inclining, obtufe on a fliort apophyfis. 

 Lid conical, obtufe, very (bort ; fringe outer fliort, inner 

 reticulated twice as long as the outer. C.ilyptra awl (liaptd, 

 Itniight. Perennial. 5. B. tlealbatum, pale-lcavcd thread- 

 mofs (Meefia Swartz, Hed.) Dicki. Tab. 5. f. 3. " Stem 

 very (hort, fimple ; leaves lanceolate, rtticuhted, a little 

 fenated at the top ; capfule obovatc, nodding." Stems 

 in tufts. Leaves pellucid, acute, one-nerved. Fruitjliilis 

 foHtary, terminal, creft, an inch and a lialf long, red. Cu[>fuk 

 curved, opake, with a very contracled apophyfis. Lid 

 convex, with a fhort point, red ; fiinge outer flioit, ferru- 

 ginous ; inner reticulated, twice as long as the outer. 

 f>. B. cylindriciim, Dicks. Tab. II. f. 4. "Stem fimple; 

 leaves lanceolate-linear, ferrated towards the top ; capfule 

 rather ereil cylindrical." Stem fcarcely lialf an iiicli high, 

 ereift. Leaves of a pleafant green colour, ereft but fprcading, 

 acute, keeled, one-nei-ved. Fniit-Jlalk crefl, terminal, an 

 inch long, red. Capfute pale brown, fniall, (lender, with 

 ail obconic apophyfis of its own magnitude, fringe pale. 

 7. B. carnciim, Linn. (B. delicatulum Hed. Mnium carntum 

 Hoff.) Dill. Tab. 50. f. 69. "Stem generally fimple; 



leaves lanceolate acute, keeled ; capfule obovate, pendulous, leaves lanceolate, acute, very entire, reticulated, placed 



cbtufe." .S/f/nj- growing in thick tufts, ereft, fhort, o!"ten ' '' ' " 



fimple, moll leafy at their fummits. Leaves pale green, 



gloflfy, lanceolate, acute, keeled, one-nerved, tipped with 



a fenulate point. Fruit-Jlall terminal, folitary, ereft, fome- 



times two inches long, gloffy, tawny purple, paler upwards. 



Capfule, pendulous, obtufe, a little attenuated or elongate 



at the bafe, rufty-coloured, not glofiy. I^iil convex, with 



a (hort, blunt point. Outer fringe yiA\ov/\R\ ; inner varioufly 



laciniated. Perennial. 3. B. aureum, gold thread-mofs, 



(Mnium pyriforme, Linn.) Dillen. tab. 50. f. 60. Eng. 



Bot. .5 89. " Stem ptrfeftly fimple ; leaves fetaceous, upper 



rather remote from each other ; capfule pendulous, top- 

 (haped." Stems not half an inch high, in tufts, ereft, red. 

 Leaves alternate, pale green, pellucid, reticulated, very 

 entire, one-nerved. Fruitflalhs terminal, folitary, half 

 an inch long, a little zigzag, of a pale rofe colour. Capfule 

 pendulous, flefh-coloared, opake ; lid conic, fiiort, obtufe ; 

 fringe outer, rufty brown ; inner, yellowifh, toothed in a 

 double feries. 8. B. alpinum, Linn. Mant. Dill. Tab. ijo. 

 f. 64. " Stem branched, ereft ; leaves ovate-lauceolate, 

 acute, imbricated ; capfule oblong, pendulous." Stems in 

 tufts, one or two inches high ; branches ereft, lllfF, round, 



ones very long ; capfule pendulous, pearfliaped, fuddenly acute. Leaves imbricated denfely on all fides, beautifully 



contrafted about the middle." Stems v\ tufts, ereft, fimple 

 half an inch high, filiform. Leaves pale yellowifh green, 

 capillary, loofe, keeled, very entire ; upper ones very long, 

 fprcading in form of a liar. Flowers terminal. Fruit-flalks 

 folitary, ereft, an inch long, capillary, of a gold colour, 

 gloffy, fomewhat waved. Capfule gold coloured, highly 

 gloffy, pendulous, pearfliaped, rather blunt, attenuated from 

 the bafe to the middle; lid rather conic, (liort, fomewhat 

 pointed ; calyptra awlfhaped, white. Fringe yellow without ; 

 white within, teeth in a double feries. Annual. 3. B. elon- 

 gatum, Dicks. Fafc. a. 8. (Pohlia Hed. Mnium Pohlia 

 HofF. ) " Stem generally fimple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 thickened at the edge. Capfule rather nodding, cylindrical, 

 elongate at the bafe." Stem ereft, (hort, fimple, but at 

 length a little branched. Leaves deep green, fprcading, 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, onc-nervcd, very entire, 

 curled when dry. Fruitflalhs an inch and a half long, 

 folitary, nearly ereft, purple, yellow near the top. Capfule 

 a little nodding but not pendulous, cylindrical, curved, 

 brown, a little contiadled at its orifice, lengthened at its bafe 

 into an obconical apophyfis of nearly its own length ; lid 

 conical, acute, fhort ; fringe outer very fhort, brown ; inner 

 white, toothed in a fingle feries. Perennial. Obs. Dillenius 

 confounded this fpecies with nutans. 4. B. trichaJes, long, 

 capillary, thread-mofs, Linn. (Milium uliginofum, With. 

 Meefia uliginofa, Hed.) Dill. Tab. 49. f. 58, " Stem 

 generally fimple; leaves linear, obtufe; capfule obovate, 

 incurved, fomewhat nodding ; fruit-ftalk very long." Stems 

 in tufts, fcarcely an inch high, fomctimes much (hotter, 



variegated with green and purple, gloffy, very entire, 

 pellucid, often with a very red nerve, when diy prefftd 

 clofe to the ftern. Fruitflalhs lateral, folitary, an inch 

 long, red, ftraight, rifing higher than the ftern. Capfules 

 obovate-cyhndrical, red when ripe; lid hemifpherical, um- 

 honate ; fringe white or rofe coloured. 9. B. aefpititium, 

 Linn. (Mnium cxfpititium With. Relh. Abb.) Dill. Tab. 

 50. f. 66. except the variety F. G. leffer matted thread- 

 mofs. " Stem branched at the bafe, matted, leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, flat, ending in a hair ; capfule obovate, pen- 

 dulous." Steras forming a denfe tuft, branched from the 

 bafe ; branches trilinear, fimple, fprcading, leafy, obtufe. 

 Leaves of a pleafant green, very entire, one-nerved, the 

 upper one larger, fpreading in form of a liar. Fruitflalhs 

 from the bafe of the branches, about an inch and a half 

 long, capillary, ereft, purple at the bafe, green at the 

 top. Lid convex, umbonatc, fringe yellow, teeth acumi- 

 nate. 10. B. hicolor, Dicks. Fafc. 4. 16. Dill. Tab. i;o. f. 

 66. F. G. " Stem very fhort, branched at the bafe ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; capfule ovate, obtufe, 

 pendulous." Stems fcattercd, with long fufcous roots. 

 Leaves yellov.'ifli green, fmail, fprcading, fiat, very entire, 

 a little pointed but not ending in a hair. Fruitflalhs from 

 the bafe of the branches, hall an inch long, ereft, very red, 

 gloffy. Capfule rather large, thick, red at the bafe, fulvous 

 at the top, often entirely blood red ; lid hemifpherical, 

 umbonate, gloffy, fulvous or fearlet ; fringe nearly refem- 

 bling that of B. carneum. 1 1. B. argenteum, Linn. (Mnium 

 argent. Hoff.) filvery thread-mofs. " Stem branched at the 



bafe. 



