CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Mnium, 1021 
(3) Capsules leaning , oblong. 
M. simplex. Capsules egg-oblong: fruit-stalks lateral: leaves awl- 
shaped. 
Hedw. Stirp. ii. 34— (E. Bot. 1215— Muse. Brit. xvii. E.)— Dill. 50. 59—< 
11. Ox. xv. 7, row 2. 19— Buxb. iv. 65. 2. 
Shoots half an inch long. Fruit-stallcs coloured, standing on the ends of the 
young shoots, but on the rib of the old ones. Neck. Not branched, often 
one inch long, growing in patches. Leaves crowded at the ends of the 
stem, hair-like, not crisp when dry. Fruit-stalks one or two together, 
eight or nine lines long. Capsule inversely egg-shaped. Pol. Lid 
rather broader than the capsule, beaked. Mouth elegantly toothed. Dill* 
With sixteen teeth in a single row, purplish. Hedw. 
(Simple Fringe-moss. E.) Bryum-rubrum. Huds. Ed. i. B. simplex. 
Linn. Dicranum varium. Hedw. (Sm. Hook. Grassy sandy places, 
(and moist banks. E.) A. Mar.—May. P. Hedw. 
In Muse. Brit. Brya rufescens and callistomum are arranged as varieties of 
this species. E.) 
M. hetero-mal'lum. Capsules egg-shaped: lid taper-pointed, bent, 
shoot seldom branched: leaves bristle-shaped. 
Hedw. Stirp. i. 26— (E. Bot. 1272— Muse. Brit, xviii. E.)— Vaill. 27. 7— 
Dill. 47. 37— FI. Dan. 479— H. Ox. xv. 6, row 3. 5, and in 7 the leaves 
straight — Buxb. ii. 2. 8. 
Stem half an inch high, upright, but not straight. Leaves not curled when 
dry. BarrenJlower always terminating. Fruit-stalks upright, single or 
in pairs. Veil opening at the side, deciduous. Lid beak bent. Fringe 
of sixteen teeth. Hedw. Seldom branched. Leaves hair-like, fine green, 
gradually narrowing from the base, mostly pointing one way. Fruit- 
stalks half an inch to one inch high, green, changing to fine red, some¬ 
times in pairs. Veil pale green. Dill. 
(Silky Heath Fringe-moss. E.) Bryum heteromallum. Linn. Dicra¬ 
num heteromallum. Hedw. (Sm. Hook. E.) Hedge-banks, heaths, and 
roots of trees. On Snowdon. Dillenius. Cwm Id well. Mr. Griffith. 
A. March—May. 
Var. 2. Leaves shorter, lower ones pointing two ways. 
(E. Bot. 2508. E.)— Dill. 47. 38. 
Leaves yellow green, suddenly narrowing from the base, upwards one- 
rowed, downwards two-rowed, curled when dry. Veil very slender, 
pale. Dill. Leaves broad and sheathing at the base, then bristle-shaped. 
Fruit-stalks shorter than the shoot. Capsules egg-oblong, equal in length 
to twice its breadth. ( Dicranum interruptum. Hedw. Sm. E.) Speci¬ 
men from Mr. Griffith, who gathered it on the rocks of Clogwy Du yr 
Arddu, Snowdon. (On banks near Gateshead, Durham. Mr. Winch. 
E. Bot. E.) 
M. glau'cum. Capsule egg-oblong: lid taper-pointed, bent: shoots 
branched : leaves egg-shaped, acute, tiled. 
(E. Bot. 21 6Q'~Musc. Brit. xvi. E.)— Dill. 46. 20— *>Vaill.2G. 13— H. Ox. 
xv. 6, roiv the last, 22. 
