769 
PL cell, f 61 . 14. MUSCI. 37 5. Bryum. 
main rib not reaching the tip; upper leaves narrowest, 
longest ; capsule oblong, pearshape, drooping. 
Bryum pendulum hornum molle, foliis et lanceolatis et gramineis, Dil - 
len . Muse. 401. 
Muium crudum, Lin. S. P. 1576. 
Bryum crudum, Hudson Angl. 491 ; Engl. Bot . 1604. 
On mountain banks, and in the crevices of rocks. 
9. Bryum cb'neum . Flesh thread-moss . 
Stem, simple ; leaves lanceolate, networked, slightly ser- 
rated at the tip ; main rib not reaching the tip ; capsule 
reverse ovate, hanging. 
Bryum nitidum, foliis serpylli pellucidis angustioribus, reflexis eapi- 
tulis subrotundis, carnei coloris, in pediculis brevioribus, Dillen in RaiiSyn. 
102 . 
Bryum carneum, Lin. S. P. 1587 ; Eng. Bot. 360. 
Bryum delicatulum, Hedw. S. Muse. 179. 
Bryum pulchellum, Hedw . Crypt. 3,38. 
On banks. 
10. Bryum argenteum. Silvery thread-moss . 
Stem branched ; leaves closely tiledlike, broad, ovate, 
suddenly pointed, slightly serrated, very concave, main rib 
not reaching the point; capsule ovate, pearshaped, hanging. 
Bryum capitulis subrotundis reflexis, cauliculis teretibus argenteis, 
Maii Syn. 100, 47. 
Bryum argenteum, Lin. S. P. 1586; Engl. Bot. 1602. 
On open ground, rocks, walls, and roofs. 
Leaves green at bottom, dry and white at the tip. 
11. Bryum Zierii. Zier's thread-moss . 
Stem branched; leaves closely tiledlike, broad, ovate, 
rather pointed, very concave, networked, main rib reaching 
nearly to the point ; capsule clublike, drooping. 
Bryum Zierii, Dickson Crypt. 2, S ; Engl. Bot. 1021. 
On mountains. 
f. Capsule not f urrowed ; outer teeth of the peristome as long 
as the inner ; leaves not awlshape , pointed , edges not thick- 
ened; main rib reaching the tip or beyond it. 
12. Bryum roseum. Rose thread-moss. 
Leaves reverse ovate, spatulashape, pointed, serrated, 
main rib reaching the point; capsule oblong, ovate, hanging. 
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