CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Mnium 
1019 
(Dark Mountain Fringe-moss. E.) Bryum aciculare. Linn. Dicra - 
iium aciculare. Hedw. Sm. Hook. Trichostomum aciculare. Schwaeg. 
Hook. Drum. Hobs. On stones thinly covered with mould near Llan- 
berris, Carnarvonshire; and in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Dille- 
nius. In the Highlands and Lowlands frequent. Lightfoot. Rocks 
on the side of the hill about fifty yards above Garthmeilio, the seat of 
R.W. Wynne., Esq. Denbighshire. Mr. Griffith. P. May—Oct. 
Var. 2. Stems trailing; leaves somewhat open. Huds. 
FI. Dan. 1001— Dill. 46. 26— Hal. It. Here, in Opusc. p. 152, f. 1 and 2, 
Bryum, £$c .— Vaill. 27. 16— Pet. Mas. Cent. i. t. 1, f. 74— H. Ox. xv. 5, 
row 4. 29. 
Shoots branched, floating in the water or resting on stones. Leaves brown 
green. Fruit-stalks short and-blachish. Capsules oblong, straight, dark 
green. Veil black. Dill. 
On large stones that lie in the rivulets in the moors of the Peak of Derby¬ 
shire, Petiver; and in the mountain torrents near Llanberris, Carnarvon¬ 
shire. Dillenius. In the first brook after crossing Pont y Alwen, between 
Denbigh and Cerrig y Druidion. Mr. Griffith. P. Aug. 
Var. 3. Shoots slenderer, upright; leaves pointing one way. 
Like var. 2, but shorter, less branched, more upright, and of a yellower 
green. Griff*. Grows with var. 1. 
M. pellu'cidum. Stem simple : leaves egg-shaped. 
[Hook. FI. Lond. 90— Muse. Brit. viii.— E. Bot. 1020. E.)— Schmid. 3 — 
FI. Dan. 300— Dill. 31. 2—-Hal. Enum. 4. 8, at p. 118; Hist. 45. 8, at 
iii. p. 41— Vaill. 24. 7. 
Shoots an inch long, seldom branched. Leaves in four rows : mid-rib pur¬ 
ple, ending in a point. Fruit-stalks terminal, an inch long, pelucid, 
whitish. Capsules cylindrical, yellowish. Veil very long. Weis, (torn 
at the base, orange-coloured at the tip. Lid conical, reddish, thin. 
Teeth four, shining brown, erect, pyramidal, all separate from top to 
bottom. E. Bot. Even to the naked eye the size of the teeth is very 
remarkable, and the gemmiferous cups, unlike anything we know in 
other Mosses, form at once a striking character. Hook. E.) 
Four-toothed Fringe-moss. E.) Tetraphis pellucida. Hedw. (Sm. Hook. 
E.) Woods; moist shady places, and decayed roots of trees. (In the woody 
glens of Devonshire abundant; also in Wales and Scotland. Hooker. 
E.) A. Jan.—July, 
Var. 2. Leaves exceedingly narrow, and pellucid. 
R. Syn. p. 78. n. 5 — Dill. 31. 2. E. F. 
Heaths near Woolwich. Mar. R. Syn. 
M. scopa'iiium. Shoot branched: leaves strap-spear-shaped, bent 
back, pointing one way. 
Dicks. H. S.—( E. Bot. 354— Muse. Brit, xviii. E.) — Dill. 46. 16— Curt .— 
Vaill. 28. 12 —Kniph. 6. Buxh. ii. 4. 1 —FI Dan. 824. l—H. Ox. xv. 7. 11 
and 13. 
Grows in dense patches, branched, nearly upright, one to three inches 
high. Leaves slender, long, ending in a long sharp point, expanding. 
Fruit-stalks one or two inches high, generally solitary. Capsules cylin¬ 
drical, thick, a little crooked, scored. Lid, beak as long as the capsule. 
