Bryum scoparium. Broom Bryum. 



BR YUM Lirmai Gen. PL CryPtogamia Musci. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 3: Musci. 



BRYUM fcoparium, Antheris ereaiufculis, pedunculis aggregatis, foliis fecundis recurvatis, caule declinato. 



Litmai Syfi. Vegetab. p 797. 

 HYPNUM foliis falcatis, heteromallis ; vaginis multifloris* Bailer hljl. n. 1777. 



HYPNUM fcoparium. Scopoll PL Cam. p> 334* Diagn, Florefcentia Hyemalis. Folia arcuata, fecunda, 



tenuia. Setse faspe plures. 

 BRYUM fcoparium : furculo declinato, ramofo, foliis fecundis, recurvatis, primordialibus plumulofis. Neckef. 



method, mufc. p. 224. 

 HYPNUM fcoparium. IVels. Cryptogam, p. 213. 

 BRYUM reclinatum, foliis falcatis, fcoparum effigie; tfhe fickle4eafd bending Beafom Bryum. Dlllen. mufc, p. 



35 7. tab. 46. fig. 16 

 BRYUM ere&is capitulis anguftifolium, caule reclinato* Cat. Glfs, 222. Rail Syn* t $$ t Hudfon VI. Angl. p. 406. 



CAULES unciales aut biunciales et ultra, fuberedti, ra- J STALKS from orte to two inches high and more, nearly 



mofi, in denfo caefpite collect, fordide rufi, | Upright, branched, growiug thickly together, 



infra multo tcmento fufco obfiti. § of a dirty red colour, and covered at bottom 



v I with a dark brown wooly fubftance. 

 FOLIA caulem inaequaliter circumftant, hinc in quibuf- ^ LEAVES : the leaves cover the ftalk unequally, hence in 



dam locis nudiufculus relinquitur, in aliis foliis t fome places it is left rather naked, in others 



crebrioribus veftitur, praecipue ad apicem, longa, | more thickly covered with leaves, particularly 



linearia, acuminata, canaliculars, fig. 1, recur- f towards the top, are long, linear, pointed, groo- 



vata, fecunda. * ved, fig. 1 , bent back, and turning all one 



I way. 

 PEDUNCULI unciales aut biunciales, ad bafra rubicun- X FOOTSTALKS an inch or two inches high, towards 



di, erecli, ex uno latere caulium plerumque ori- * the bottom reddifh, upright, arifing generally 



untur, aliquando vero ex apice, ut plurimum fo- % from the fide of the ftalks, but fometimes from 



litarii, fubinde vero duo ex eodem perieK'aetio t the top, moft commonly fingle, but now and 



proveniunt, bah bulbillo cylindraceo terminati, | then two proceed from the fame perichastium, 



fig. 7, qui foliis pluribus latiufculis, pilo termi- % furnifhed at bottom with a cylindrical bulb, fig, 



natis, acu facile feparabilibus includitur,^. 8, 9. | 7, which is inclofed by many broadifh leaves,. 



^ terminating in a hair, and ealily leparated by a 



t needle, fig. 8, 9. 

 CAPSULiE oblong» et fere cylindraceae, nunc ere&ae, | CAPSULES oblong and almoft cylindrical, fometimes 



nunc paululum incurvatae, fig. 3 ; Operculum * upright, fometimes a little incurvated, fig. 3 ; 



roftratum, tenue, longitudine caplulaeet conco- i the Operculum the length of the Capfule, and 



•lor, fig. 4 ; Ora ciliata five denticulata, fig. 5 ; | of the fame colour, terminating in a long ilen- 



Calyptra ftraminea, longitudine Capfulae, y der point, fig. 4 ; the Mouth ciliated or furnim- 



poftquam medio difrumpitur, bah" fuo capfulam | e d with little teeth, fig. 5; the Calyptra 



ar&e cingit, fig. 2; Pollen viride, fig. 6. | ftraw-coloured, the length of the Capfule, after 



I burfting in the middle clofely embracing the 



I Capfule by its bafe, fig. 2 ; the Pollen green, 



DiLLENius very juftiy remarks, that this Mofs feems to partake of the nature of both Bryum and Hypnum, but in 

 his opinion, it comes neareft to the Bryum, and of the fame fentiment appear to be Linnaeus and Necker, while 

 Haller, Scopoli, and Weis, rank it among the Hypnums, and this they are led to, chiefly from the Peduncles 

 being furnifhed at bottom with a kind of Perlchatlum ; butDiLLENius very properly obferves, that although the pe- 

 duncle is furrounded at bottom by many fquamte or folloll, yet thefe are not fimilar to what occur in the generality of 

 Hypnums, as they may with the point of a pin be ealily feparated from one another, and then the bafe of the peduncle 

 appears to be furnifhed with a bulblllus as in moft of the Bryums : this circumftance added to its general habit, appears 

 fully to juftify this moft excellent Botanift in placing it with the Bryums, from whence it ought not to have been fepa- 

 rated without more weighty reafons than have been advanced. 



This Mofs diftinguifhes itfelf from moft others by its beautifull and lively verdure ; when young it puts on a very 

 different appearance from what it has when farther advanced, being much lhorter and its leaves upright; and Dille- 

 nius has fometimes remarked in this fpecies Steilula famines. 



It grows in very large Clumps or Patches forming a foft and delightfull Carpet, on the banks which furround 

 woods, at the bottom of trees, and on heaths. 



It is found on fome parts of Hampftead heath producing its fructifications, in February and March.. 



