Bryum scoparium. Broom Bryum. 
BRYUM Linnai Gen. PI. Cryptogamia Musci. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 3: Muscr. 
BRYUM fcoparium, Antheris ere&iufculis, pedunculis aggregatis, foliis fecundis recurvatis, caule declinato. 
Linnai Syjl. Veget ab. p 797. 
HYPNUM foliis falcatis, heteromallis ; vaginis multifloris. Haller hift. n. 1777. 
HYPNUM fcoparium. Scopoli FI. Cam. p. 334. Diagn. Florefcentia Hyemalis. Folia arcuata, fecunda, 
tenuia. Setse faspe plures. 
BRYUM fcoparium : furculo declinato, ramofo, foliis fecundis, recurvatis, primordialibus plumulofis. Necker. 
method \ mufc. p. 224. 
HYPNUM fcoparium. Weis. Cryptogam, p. 213. 
BRYUM reclinatum, foliis falcatis, fcoparum effigie: The fickle-leafd bending Beafotn Bryum. Dillen. mufc . p. 
357. tab . 46. fg. 16 
BRYUM eredis capitulis anguftifolium, caule reclinato. Cat.Gifs. 222. Raii Syn. 9 5. Hudfon FI. Angi. p. 406. 
CAULES unciales aut biunciales et ultra, fubere&i, ra- 
mofi, in denfo caefpite colledti, fordide rufi, : 
infra multo tomento fufco obfiti. 
FOLIA caulem inaequaliter circumflant, hinc in quibuf- : 
dam locis nudiufculus relinquitur, in aliis foliis . 
crebrioribus veftitur, praecipue ad apicem, longa, . 
linearia, acuminata, canaliculata, fg. 1 , recur- : 
vata, fecunda. 
PEDUNCULI unciales aut biunciales, ad bafin rubicun- 
di, erefti, ex uno latere caulium plerumque ori- 
untur, aliquando vero ex apice, ut plurimum fo- 
litariij fubinde vero duo ex eodem perichaetio 
proveniunt, bafi bulbillo cylindraceo terminati, 
fg. 7, qui foliis pluribus latiufculis, pilo termi- 
natis, acu facile feparabilibus includitur,^. 8, 9. 
CAPSULiE oblongae et fere cylindraceEe, nunc eredis, 
nunc paululum incurvatse, fg. 3 ; Operculum 
roftratum, tenue, longitudine capfuls et conco- 
lor, fg. 4; Ora ciliata five denticulata, fg. 5; 
Calyptra ftraminea, longitudine Capfuls, 
poftquam medio dilrumpitur, ball fuo capfulam 
ardle cingit, fg. 2 ; Pollen viride, fg. 6. 
STALKS from one to two inches high and more, nearly 
upright, branched, growiug thickly together, 
of a dirty red colour, and covered at bottom 
with a dark brown wooly fubftance. 
LEAVES: the leaves cover the ftalk unequally, hence in 
fome places it is left rather naked, in others 
more thickly covered with leaves, particularly 
towards the top, are long, linear, pointed, groo- 
ved, fig. 1, bent back, and turning all one 
way. 
FOOT-STALKS an inch or two inches high, towards 
the bottom reddifh, upright, arifing generally 
from the fide of the ftalks, but lometimes from 
the top, moft commonly Angle, but now and 
then two proceed from the fame periclnetium, 
furnifhed at bottom with a cylindrical bulb, fig. 
7, which is inclofed by many broadifh leaves, 
terminating in a hair, and eafily ieparated by a 
needle, fg. 8, 9. 
CAPSULES oblong and almoft cylindrical, fometimes 
upright, fometimes a little incurvated, fg. 3 ; 
the Operculum the length of the Capfule, and 
of the fame colour, terminating in a long lien- 
der point, fg. 4; the Mouth ciliated or furnifh- 
ed with little teeth, fg- S’ Calyptra 
ftraw-coloured, the length of the Capfule, after 
burfting in the middle clofely embracing the 
Capfule by its bafe, fg. 2 ; the Pollen green, 
fg- 6 - 
thr.i.ENlus very juftly remarks, that this Mobs feems to partake of the nature of both Bryum and Hyprnrn, but in 
his opinion, it comes neared to the Bryum, and of the fame fentiment appear to be Linnseus and Neckek 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 Pewhatiwn ; butDiLLENlus very properly obferves, that although the pe- 
duncle is lurrounded at bottom by many fquama or folioli, yet thefe are not fimilar to what occur in the generality of 
Hypnums, as they may with the point of‘a pin be eafily feparated from one another, and then the bafe of the peduncle 
appears to be furnifhed with a bulbillus 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 lepa- 
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 fhorter and its leaves upright ; and Dille- 
Nius has fometimes remarked in this fpecies Stellula famine a. 
It grows in very large Clumps or Patches forming a foft and delightfull Carpet, on the banks which lurround 
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. 
