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XXIV. Mosses. Crypt. Musci. 
792. Azvl Thread-fuoss, — B. subulatum. 
Capsules upright, awl-shaped, shoots stem- 
less, — Curtis. III. 66. 
Walls, Banks, January, P. Common. 
Obs : 
The size of the leaves particularizes the species at first 
sight* 
793. Brown Thread-moss. — B. truncatulum. 
Capsules upright, roundish, lid ending in a 
sharp point. — Curtis. II. 70, 2. 
Ditches, February, A. Common. 
Obs : 
Capsule lopped when ripe. 
794. Crouded Thread- 7 noss. — B. hypnoides. 
Capsules egg-shaped, shoots ascending, bran- 
ches lateral, short, fruit-bearing. — ( With- 
ering. ) Dillenius. XLVII. 32. 
Fir Groves, Autumn, Rare. 
Warden. 
795. Bird' s-clazv Thread-^noss. — B. ungui- 
culatum. 
Capsules upright, oblong, lid pointed, ob- 
lique, fruitstalks thickening upwards, leaves 
strap-spear-shaped, keeled. — Dillenius. 
XLVIIl. 47. 
Walls, March, A. Common. 
Creen 
