CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Mnium. 
1023 
(E. Bot. 2262 — Hedw. 36 — Muse . Brit. xx. E.) — Dill. 49. 51 — II. Ox. xv. 
6, row 4. 4, some of the fruit-stalks terminating. 
Grows in very dense patches. Stem upright,, mostly forked, and these 
shoots sometimes dividing again. Leaves spear-awl-shaped, in some 
shoots forming terminal stars. Fruit-stalks an inch high, at first upright, 
afterwards a little leaning. Lid conical, pointed, scarlet. Veil upright, 
afterwards oblique. Weis. ( Fruit-stalks purple. E.) 
(Purple-stalked Fringe-moss. M. purpureum. Linn. Bryum pur - 
pureum. Huds. Lightf. Dicranum purpureum. Hedw. Sm. ( Didy- 
mydon purpureum. Muse. Brit. Under this species Drs. Hooker and 
Taylor also include Dicranum strictum. Sm. Trichostomum papillosum. 
Sm. E. Bot. 2533: Bryum strictum and tenue. Dicks. B. bipartitum. 
Dicks. E. Bot. 2357. and Dicranum Celsii. Hedw. E. Bot. 2418. E.) 
Walls, heaths, rocks, and gravelly banks and pastures. April. 
Var. 2. ( Dicranum strictum. E. Bot. E.) Leaves less rigid; spear- 
shaped. 
(E. Bot. 2294. E.)— Dill. 49. 52. 
Leaves ending in hair-like points. Capsule finely pointed. Dill. (May not 
the different situations of growth account for the variation of this plant 
from the preceding ? E.) 
On Emott Moor on the borders of Lancashire; and Shobdon Marsh, 
Herefordshire. Near Llyn Aled Lake. Mr. Griffith. (On Prestwick 
Carr, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. E.) June. 
(4) Capsules drooping. 
M. akcua'tum. Capsules globular, toothed: shoots branched: leaves 
oblong-spear-shaped, taper-pointed, scored. Dicks. 
Dicks. H. S. and Fasc. iii. 7. 3 —(E. Bot. 1237 — Muse. Brit, xxiii. £.)•— 
Dill. 39. 36. 
Leaves upright but spreading; serrulated, itorma flower terminal, star- 
like. Fruit-stalk terminal, crooked, surrounded by young shoots. Cap- 
side, mouth narrow. Fringe, teeth short, upright, acute, red. Lid 
minute, scarcely beaked. Dicks. The fuscous woolly matter which 
surrounds the shoot is a constant attendant. Fruit-stalks at the base of 
the branches, golden red, hardly half an inch long, crooked. Capsule 
golden yellow, globular. Mr. Bradbury. Leaves serrulated chiefly towards 
the end. 
(Curved-stalked Fringe-moss. M. arcuatum. Dicks. ( Bartramia 
arcuata. Brid. Turn. Sm. Hook. E.) Ilypnum chrysocomum. With. 
Ed. ii. In bogs in the northern parts of Yorkshire, and on moist places 
on Glyder mountain. Dillenius. Boggy places in Scotland. Dickson. On 
bogs with Mnium palustre in Greenfield, Saddle worth, Yorkshire, and 
Stay ley, Cheshire. Mr. Bradbury. By the side of Avon las, near Pistyll- 
wen, in Llanberris parish. Mr. Griffith. (Foot of Pentland hills, near 
Edinburgh. Mr. Brown. In the recesses of the Cumberland mountains 
it bears fruit abundantly. Mr. Winch. This extremely beautiful Moss, 
though unknown on the Continent, is of common occurrence in the 
mountainous districts of Ireland. Muse. Brit. E.) Nov. 
M. nu'tans. Capsule spear-shaped: lid blunt: shoots somewhat 
branched: leaves egg-shaped, acute. 
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