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44. Bryum ftellare nitidum pallidum, capfulis te- XLVili. 

 nuiffimis. The neat fale-green Bryum, with ^-^'^'^' 

 ftarry Tops and Jlender Heads. 



Defcribente Rajo "fupra terram non alTurgit hic Mufcus, e viridiDefcript. Raj. 

 "Kiteus, late fe diffbndens, denfis cselpitibus terram operiens, tapetis 

 "inftar. Folia anguftillima acuta, non admodum longa. Pediculi 

 "femunciales autlongiores, tenues, infirmi, rubentes, cornicula ge- 

 "ftant tenuia & angufta, vix pediculis craifiora." 



Licet autem valde parvus fit hic Mufcus, in furculos tamen quofdam Defcript.propr. 

 dividitur, ad quorum bafim & juxta extremitates ftellatas, fetse per- 

 tenues fericea;, primum pallide virentes, dein pallide lutefcentes, 

 tandem dilute rubentes exeunt, capfulas ferentes graciles, operculo 

 oblongo acuto terminatas, coloris primum viridis, pofteaochrei, per 

 maturitatem fufci : ora capfulse asqualis, e qua pertenuis & vix con- 

 fpicua barba prominet : calyptra tenuis fufca, primum ere£ta, poftea 

 obliqua : folia non pellucida, exigua, breviafl^, [b. per lentem cari- 

 nata) in virente planta A.B. ftellatim (D. per lentem) in fummitate 

 difpofita, per cauliculos appreffa, in ficca C. funiculi inftar sequaliter 

 contorta, tam ardle, ut, nifi diutina maceratione, adpriftinum ftatum 

 non redeant, colore in virente dilute & l^te viridi, facie nitida, huic 

 fpeciei peculiari. Surculorum folia extrema in ficca fetas ambiunt, 

 quafi ex iis egrederentur j verum in aqua merfae plantse folia pede- 

 tentim recedunt, &: non tantum veteres, fed & novse fetse e caulicu- 

 lis annotinis & juxta extremitates ftellatas egrediuntur. 



Ad foITarum aggeres, fepes& fuper muros ^equabili fuperficie denfeLoc.& Temp. 

 nafcitur &capfulas primo vere maturat. Maxime vulgaris eft circa 

 Oxonium, prsefertim in muris, 



Adiantum aureum minus hirfutum, capitulis longis acutis Bob. »Sy«.Synonyma; 

 St.Brit.l. App.p.zij, nom. Adiantum aureum minimum glabrum, 

 capitulis eredtis & acutis Eid.. Hort. Sicc. & Mufcus muralis minimus 

 rofeus five ftellaris, capitulis longiufculis acutis eredis Etd. Hifl. Ox. 

 III.p.6z9.n.i2.dQkr. SeB.XF. Tab.6. Ser.A,.f.i2.s\t. FsP].HifiJU. 

 /.3f. W.13. d. Bob. 



Mufcus minimus pallidus, foliis anguftiflimis acutis, corniculis te- 

 tenuiffimis l^j. Sy?i.II. p.^o. n.^. defcr. HiJi.IU. p.iS' ^-9. d. ead. 



Mufcus aureus capillaris, feu Adiantum aureum minus hirfutum, 

 capitulis longis acutis Bobarti Pluk.Alm. p.z\6.pro 2^6. 



Mufcus capillaceus minimus, muralis, ftellatus J. I^H. P.fs^. 



Bryum trichodes exile pallidum, eredis capitulis e furcuhs annoti- 

 nis egredientibus Syn.St.Brit.III. p.^6. n.24.. defcr. 



Ex HerbarioBobarti mihi conftat, fynonyma ejus modo enumerataobfervatio, 



hujus 



