B R y U M. 



Swelling bo'T-tliread-mofs. Perennial. St.-ms in tufts, with Schrad. (Mniuin puniflattim, Var. ii. WIrh. ^■^. eHipticirm. 

 long roots, clothed with a rally down ; branches mimeroiis, Hoff. B. fcrpyllifolium ,9 Hiulf.) 1);11. Tab. liii. f ho 

 afceuding, red, loofcly l.'aved. Lfri-jfs p.ile ^rten, alternate, " Stem fimple ; haves obovate-fpatiilate, fcrrulate ; capfule 

 crtd, fprcading, acute, one-nerved, twilled wlien dry. Fn/it- ovate; lid awlrtiaijcd." I,ong-beak.ed thviiie-thread-ir.of.i, 

 Jhi/is terminal, or fro:ii the tip of the branch of the pre- Skni (hurter than in the prec^dinp. I.cii'ccs lefs and nar- 

 ceding year, an inch and an half or two inelies long, ereft, rower, not reticulated. Fruit jlalLs folitary or aggregate, 

 purple at thebaic, ycllowiili nt the top. CupfuU ovate, terminal, an inch and half long, flelh-colourcd, purple at the 

 fliui t, a little contracted under the orilice ; lid convex, with bufe. Capfule pendulous, green, fie!h-coloured at the mouth • 

 a Ihort point; fringe yellow. j6. B. Ihi'mm. Schreb. lid yellow, convex at the bafe, with an obtufe, recurved 

 Roth. Swartz(B.triquetrum /3 Miidf. Milium Biniuni HoiT.) point, a little fliorler than the capfule. ?2. B. rofcum 

 Dill. Tab. li. f. 73. "Stem branched; leaves alternate, ydueb. Swaitz. Roth. (Mnium fcipylli folium y Linn. M. 

 linear-lanceolate, a little fcrrated at tlie top ; capfule obovate, proliferum, With. Hull. M. rofeum, Htdw. WeilF. B. 

 club-diaped, pendulous." Long-llalked bog-thread-mofs. prohlerum, Sibth. B. ferpyllifohuni i' Mudf.) " Stem fome- 

 Peiennial. Larger than the preceding. iVc/n two or t: lee what prohferous ; leaves croudtd, ftcUate, ovate acute 

 inches high, irregularly branched, of a dark rully colour, fprinklcd with fmall dots, feabrous at the margin • lid 

 Leaves elongate, yellowifli green. Frmt-J}alks from the end conical." Rofaceous thyme-thread-mofs. Perennial. Bat' 

 of the two or three year-old branches, two or three inches renjlems elongate, procumbent, covered with fmallcr obtufe 

 long, dark purple, glolFy, fometinies knee jointed towards alternate leaves. Fertile Jlems ereft, an inch high, often 

 the bafe. C^yyi//;' narrowed at the bafe, contraCled under proliferous, fquamous, and without leaves below, leafy above, 

 t-he orifice, twice as large as in the preceding; fringe yellow. Leaves a little decurrent, flat, rough, or (lightly crenulated 

 27. B. turihiatum. Swartz. Roth. (B. tnquetrum y Hud- at the margin. Fruil-Jlalks terminal, often aggregate, an 

 fon, Mnium nutans With. Hull. Mnium turbinatum Hed. inch and half or two inches long, lliff, red, iiXuiXy .Cabfule 

 Hoff.) Dill. Tab. li. f. 74. " Stem branched, leaves ovate, pendulous, ovate oblong, glofiy ; lid, on the authority of 

 awned, very entire, capfule pear-(haped, pendulous." Pear- Dillonius, conical, lliort. 5;. B. IhulaLiiu. Schreb. (Mnium 

 (haped bog-thread-mofs. Perennial. iVwx fcarcely an inch Icrpyilifolium ^ I.,ina. M. undulatum, Hedvv. With. Bryuni 

 high, in tufts; leaves fine green, fpreading, alternate, ap- undulatum, Sibth, Turner.) " Stems fimple, but fiiially 

 proximate, one-nerved. Frukjlalks an inch long, purphlh branched at top ; leaves oblong, waved, ferrated • fruit- 

 brown, a little flexuofe. Capfule attenuated at the bafe ; Itiilks aggregate." Long-leaved thyme-thread-mofs. Pe- 

 lij convex, without a point ; fringe rult coloured. 28. B. rennial. Root creeping. iStans ereft, alinull inclining to 

 Jrellare. Roth. ( B. fcrpyllifolium, £ Hudf. Mnium pro- fhrubby, leafy ; barren ones elongate ; fertile ones finally 



liferum, Var. 2. With. Mnium llellare, Hed. Hoff.) Dill. ' :-^-i-^ - - - ■' 



Tab. lii. f. 78. " Stem branched ; leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 reticulated with round melhes ; the upper ones ferrate, 



ilellated ; capfule oblong, drooping." Starry-leavtd thread- fiaccid when gathered. Fruh-Jlalks aggregate, two inches 

 mots. Perennial. Stem determinately branched, one or two lerng, fulvous, glofiy. Capfule pendulous, ovate, fliort ; lid 

 inches high. Leaves fine green, with a ftrong red nerve, conical, (hort. 



foarcely reaching the tip. Frutt-Jlalk terminal, about two The lyllem of Hedwig does not fecm likely at prcfent to 

 inches long, a little curved, thickened at the tip ; lid be received in Fiance. i.\ Marck, in the Diiiticjnaire Me- 

 hemifpherical. 29. B. cufpulalum. Swartz. Roth, thodique, does little more than enumerate and uefcribe the 

 Hull. Sib. (Mnium fcrpyllifolium /9 Linn. M. cufpi- fpecies of Linnxus, as they ftand in the lall edition of the 

 datum Hedw. Hoff. With. B. ferpyllifolium y Hudi.) Syilema Natura;. Bofc, in the Nouveau Didionaire d'Hif- 

 Dill. Tab. liii. f. 79. " Stem fimple; barren one, pro- toire Naturelle, publiihcd fo lately as 1803, fays, that the 

 cumbent, a little branched ; leaves ovate, ferrated ; bryum of Linn:eus is a very natural genus ; but that the 

 caplule ovate ; lid hemiipherical." Pointed- leaved Gcrm.an botanills, who never think that they have genera 

 thyme-thread-inofs. Perennial. Stems leafy, of two enough, have exercifed their flcill upon it, aiid have formed 

 kinds; the barren ones procumbent, throwing out out of it leventeeu genera, moll of them loimdtd on charac- 

 roots, three inches or more long ; fertile ones ercft, fimple, ters which are fcarcely difcernible with the beil lens. It 

 an inch long. Leaves fine green, pellucid, under a lens mult be acknowledged that there is lome reafon for the 

 minutely reticulated, alternate, broad-ovate, fomewhat waved, complaint; and we tecl a pride in refledting that our two 

 acutely ferrated, pointed, with a ilrong pale nerve. Fruit- great EnglHh cryptogamiils have ftecred a middie courfe, 

 Jlalk terminal, an inch long, flexuofe, role-Coloured. Cap- and have produced a real improvement in the fcienee ; avoid- 

 fule pendulous, (hort, ventncofe, retule, yellow, with a fcaritt ing at the fame time the difiicr.lties which are julllv objected 

 orifice ; lid without a point; fringe lemon-coloured. 33. to by the French naturahll. 



B. punilalum. Roth. Hull. Sibth. (Mnium ferpyllifolium, As Hedwig's new genus bartramia, which Vi'as formed 

 Linn. M. pundtatum, Hedw. With. B. ferpyllifoli- entirely at the expence of Lini.sus's biyum, has been omitted 

 um, Hudf. Swartz). Dill. Tab. liii. f. Si. Eng. Bot. in its proper place, owing to the Ger!iian fyltem of mofTes 

 Il8j. " Stem nearly fimple; leaves obovate, very entire, nut having publicly received the poiverfiil pationatre of 

 dotted, reticulated ; capfule elliptical ; lid awl fhaptd," Dr. Smith and Mr. Turner, when that part of our dic- 

 Dotted-lcaved thyme-thread-mofs. Perennial. Habit of the tionary was written, it cannot no.v be more properly in- 

 preceding, but dillinguilhed at once by its dotted leaves, ftcwj troduced than as an appendix to the prefent article. The 

 an inch and halt high, leafy, red, often flexuofe. Leaves other genera will be found under their rcfpeitivc Liters Of 

 broadly ovate, very obtufe, a little pointed, thickened at the the alpliabet. 

 edge, red, repand, with a fl;rong red nerve ; the upper ones Barlramia, Hedw. Gen. Char. Capfilc fphevical, fur- 



determinately branched ; branches Itellate afcending. Leaves 

 fine green, clofe-fct, alternate, decurrent, fpreading, linear- 

 oblong, obtufe, oiie-iKrved, acutely ferrulate, loon growiu" 



flellate. Fruitjialks terminal, more than an inch long, 

 purplilh, bowed at the top ; capfule pendulous, green, with 

 a purple orifice, finally brown; lid yellow, convex at the 

 bale, with a rather obtufe recurved point, j i. C rojlralum. 



rov.-ed wlien ripe. Outer fringe o.^ fixtetu teeth, dilated at 

 thebaic ; inner membranaceous, plaited, varioully laciniated. 

 Caiyptra fmuoth ; lid dcpre'fcd. 



B.ililh fpecies. B. halL-riana, Hedw. Swartz. R-)th. 



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