Brown Bryum. 
Bryum truncatulum. 
BRYUM Linmei Gen. Pi. CryptogAmia Muscr. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 3. Musci. 
BRYUM truncatulum antheris ere&is fubrotundis, operculo mucronato. Lin. Syjl. Vegetal, f. 798; 
Sp. PI. 1584. FI. Suecic. 391. Dillen. Mufc. 347. t. 45. fig. 7. Rail Syn. 94. Hudfon FI. 
'Angi. 408. ed. 2. p. 477. Lightfoot. FI. Scot. p. 730. 
CAULES fimplices, breviffimi, lineas tres raro fupe- 
rantes, caffpitofi, Jig. 1, 6. 
FOLIA ovato-lanceolata, mucronata, Jig. 13, fplen- 
dentia, carinata, fuperiora majora, in ftellu- 
lam expanfa. 
PEDUNCULI fimplices, fubinde bini, trium quatu- 
orve linearum, purpurafcentes* 
CALYPTRA pallida, obliqua, acuminata, Jig. 7, 8, 
9, 10. 
OPERCULUM primo roftratum, obliquum, delapfa 
calyptra contrahitur ere&umque evadit, /g-. 1 1, 
12. 
CAPSULA primo ovata, Jig. 8, 9, flavefcens, demum 
rufa, truncata, annulo ciliifque deftituta, 
fig • 
Plantula microfcop. au£t. fg. 14- 
t STALKS fimple, very fhort, feldom exceeding three 
lines, growing in tufts, fg. 1, 6. 
I LEAVES oval, lanceolate, terminating in a point, 
I fig • * 3 ’ fhining, with a projecting midrib; 
I thofe on the top of the ftalk larged, with a 
ftar-like expanfion. 
1 PEDUNCLES fimple, fometimes growing two toge- 
ther, three'or four lines in length, of a pur- 
I plifh colour. 
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I CALYPTRA pale, oblique, and terminating in a 
I long point, fg. 7, 8, 9, 10. 
I OPERCULUM, at firft having a beak, placed oblique- 
t ly on the capfule, on the falling off of the 
I calyptra becoming fhorter and upright, /g-. 1 1 * 
$ 12. 
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I CAPSULE, at firft oval, fg. 8, 9, of a yellowifh co- 
¥ lour, finally of a reddifh brown, as it were 
I cut off at top, and deftitute of both ring and 
* cilia;, fg. 11, 12* 
t 
I The whole plant magnified, fg. 1 4* 
THE Bryum truncatulum is one of the leaft of our Moles, and diftinguilhable at firft fight by the great number 
of its little brown heads, which, when the operculum falls off, have their margin entire, fo that they appear as 
if cut acrofs, whence its name of truncatulum. 
It is very common almoft ever j whereon banks, producing its fruftifications from September to February. 
It varies much in fize. 
Hasselquist, in his journey to Palejline, finding the malls of Jerusalem covered with this Me P'“ f > ca “ s 
Hyjbpus Salomonis, from a fuppofition that it was the plant which Solomon meant, when he fpake of trees from the 
Cedar in Lebanon to the Hyflop which fpringeth out of the wall. 
Bryum viridulum. 
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Green Bryum. 
BRYUM viridulum antheris ereftis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis imbricato-patulis. Lmnxt Syfi. 
r,getab.f. 798. Sf. PI. 1584. FI. Suecic. 100a. Dillen. Mufc » 380. t. 48. fg. 43- 
Syn. 97. Hudfon. FI. Angl. 408. ed. 2. 487. Lightfoot. FI. Scot. 731. 
Expl. Fig. 
Fig. 1» 2, 3 , 4, Plantae nat. magnitude 
Fig. 5, 7, Plantae au£t. 
Fig. . 6, Folium au£t. 
Fig. 9, 10, 11, Capfulae cum Calyptra. 
Fig. 8, Calyptra feorfim exhibita. 
$ Explan, of Fig. 
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I Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, Plants of their natural fize. 
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I pig. 5, -7, Plants magnified. 
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I pig. — 6, a Leaf magified. 
I Fig- 9? 10, 11, Capfules with the Calyptra. 
I Fig. 8, The Calyptra exhibited feparately. 
... j-ir f above in many particulars. It grows in clofe foft tufts, which are in general 
THIS fpecies differs fn ° m the ftalks are frequently branched ; the leaves are much finer, being nearly 
larger, and of a more ye ow hue t! he ft ,1 ^ off> is narrower than the middle, hence it bears a 
capillary ; the mouth of the caplule, w ^ xtrem ity cut off; while the truncatulum approaches more to the form of 
S“'n re “S^ ra ?fhe mouth is alfo very finely ciliated. 
The viridulum grows in great abundance on the banks bounding Charlton mod; and produces its fruffi- 
fications with the truncatulum. 
