BRYUM fabulatum antheris ere£Us fubulatis, furculis acaulibus. Lin, Syjt. Fegetab. p. 797. Sp. PI, 
p. 1581. FI. Suec. n. 991. 
BRYUM caule breviflimo, foliis lanceolatis, capfulls longiffimis, operculo pralongo. Haller, hl/l. 1827. 
BRYUM fubulatum. Sr.opoli FI. Cam. n. 1304. 
BRYUM capfulis longis fubulatis. Dill. Mufc. 350. /. 45.^ 10. 
BRYUM ereftls longis et acutis falcatis capitulis, caJyptra fubfufca, foliis ferpylli pellucidis. Rail 
Syn. 92. Faill. Bot. Par. t. “2.^./. 8. 
Hudfon, FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 476» 
Ligbifoot. FI, &cot, p. 719. 
RADICES nigr$, fibrillofa», parum ramof®. • 
CAULES fubfeffiles, denle coacervati, fimplices vel ^ 
ramofi. • 
FOLIA ovato-ianceolata, patentia, pellucida, pallide ; 
viridia, modice carinata, mucrone brevi ter- : 
minata, ad lentem vifa. i. ; 
PEDUNCULI unciales et ultra, pallide lutefcentes, ; 
licci contorti, bulbillo praediti oblongo, fg' \ 
2. 
CAPSULA prslongae, cylindraceae, fubaurantlacfe, : 
incurvje. fig. 3, annotinae re£liores e fufco- ' 
purpureae, e quarum ore egreditur trunculus ^ 
feu cornu, e ciliis in tubum contortis com- : 
politum, apice vero liberis, fig. 6, 7, 8, 9; , 
Calyptra longitudine fere capfulae, acumina- • 
ta.J%.4. 
OPERCULUM capfula duplo brevior, acuminatum. 
fis- S- 
ROOTS black, fibrous, a little branched. 
STALKS nearly felTile, growing clofe together, fimple 
or branched. 
LEAVES ovato-lanceolate, Ipreading, tranlparent, of 
a pale green colour, moderately keel’d, ter- 
minated by a Ihort point, as magnified, fig. i. 
PEDUNCULES an inch or more in heigth, of a pale 
yellow colour, twilled when dry, furnilh’d 
with an oblong bulb. fig. 2. 
CAPSUI.es very long, cylindrical, fomewhat orange 
coloured and crooked, 3; thofe of the 
preceding yearllraighter, of a purplilh brown 
colour, from the mouth of which proceeds 
a little trunk or horn compofed of the cilis 
twilled into a tube, but loofe at top. fig. 6, 7, 
8, 9. Calyptra almoll the length of the 
capfiile, having a long point, fig. 4. 
OPERCULUM twice as Ihort as the caplule and poln- 
ted. fig. 5. 
FEW of the MolTes are fubjeft to fo little variety, or more eafily difeovered than the Bryum fubulatum^ 
before it puts forth its capfules we are llruck with the broadnefs of its leaves and their llar-like expanfion ; as it 
advances the capfules while covered by their Calyptras are unlually long, pointed, and in general a little bent 
whence it has acquired the Englilh name of Aivl-Jhaped, the capfule in its lall Hate after lofing both its Calyptra 
and Operculum, is peculiarly diftinguilhed bv the protrufion of a fubllance from its mouth, of a whiter colour 
than the body of the capfule, this lubllance when magnified is found to confill of a number of threads or 
filaments forming a thin fpiral tube, yet loofe and unconnedled at top, fee fig. 7, 8, 9, the tube is formed 
before the operculum falls off, for its fpiral line may be obferved through the tranfparent operculum when it is 
in a young Rate ; Dillenius ufing a fmall magnifier, has not done juftlce to this very fmgular and curious 
charafter. 
This Mofs is not uncommon on banks furrounding woods, alfo in lhady lanes ; I have obferved it in great 
plenty on a bank on the right hand fide as you enter Shirley-Common, palling through Shirley from Croydon, alfo 
about Charlton and Coombe Woods. 
