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ii. Bryum (Weheraj rutilans. 
Tab. X. 
Br. dioicum, dense caespitosum ; caule graci- 
lescente, in foliorum axillis radicante; fuliis in- 
ferioiibas minutis, lemotis, ovaLo-acuminatis, su- 
peri or ibus & summis in coinara subimbricatam 
confertis, oblongo- et elongato-lanceoiatis, apice 
subserralatis; capsula nutante vel peiidula, obloiigo- 
pjnMfonui, molli, opeicalo convexo papilla in- 
structo; peristomio pallido, denlibus raultoties ar- 
liculalis, processibus byalinis, valde perlusis, ciliis 
nodosis. 
Habit, in uliginosis prope Jerkin Alp. Do- 
vrefjeid. Mat. raense Julii. 
Caespites densi, rufo-purpurei. *" 
Plantae gracilescentes, in foliorum axillis ra- 
dicantes, remole foiiosae, apice fertili in coraam 
elongatam subimbricatam terrainantes, iunovatio- 
nes singulas vel complures äz ramulos graciles 
era i t len tes (fig. 1). 
Folia caulina infima ovata (fig. 1. b), superl- 
ora late lanceolata (fig. 4), summa elongato-lance- 
olata comamque polypbyllam eilicienlia, omnia 
erecta , subcarinata, alis leviter recurvis (fig. 5. 
x^, integra, solo aj)ice subserrulato (fig. 5 a); 
areolatio densa, e ccllulis pachvdermis, ecbloro- 
phjllosis (fig. 5, a^^j, illis nu tan tis siniilibus 
sed solidioiibus. 
Flores dluici: mascula j)laiila femineae sirailis 
vel densius foliosa (fig. 2); flos polyphyllus at 
floii masculo Br. crudi similis (fig. 7, 8), invo- 
lucrallbus externis e basi concava lineali-lanceo- 
lalis (fig. 9), inlernis mullo brevioribus, ex ubo- 
valo acuminatis, gemiuaiiiqne propiiau) sisttnti- 
bus; anllieridia nun)erosa, parvula, in axillis in- 
