1024 CRYPTOGAMIA. MtJSCL Mnium* 
Hedw. Stirp. iii. 8— {Muse. Brit, xxi x.—E. Bot. 1572. E.)— Dill. 51. 74. 
Shorter than the preceding. Capsules spear-shaped, i. e. largest at the end. 
Leaves deeply keeled, closing together when dry, very much crowded 
and compressed. Stem and leaves at the bottom black. Lids very short 
and blunt. Dill. 
(Pendulous Fringe-moss. EA M. turhinatum. Hedw. ( Bryum turbi - 
natum. Sw. Sm. Hook. E.) M. triquetrum y. Huds. 491. Bryum 
ventricosum y. With. Ed. ii. Marshy places. On Shooter’s Hill near 
Eltham, and in Wales. Spring and Summer. Dill. 
(The above species seems liable to considerable variation. Drs. Hooker 
and Taylor suspect Bryum interruptum , E. Bot. 2371; B. nigricans, E. 
Bot. 1528; and possibly B. annotinum, E. Bot. 1862, (the barren magni- 
tied figure), may not prove specifically distinct. E.) 
M. hygrome'tricum. Capsules pear-shaped, lids flat: shoots rarely 
branched: leaves oblong, taper-pointed, 
{Hook. FI. Lond. — E. Bot. 342— Muse. Brit. xx. E.)— Dill. 52. 75— Vaill. 
26. 16— H. Ox. xv. 7. 17— Happ. i. Mnium 2— Fuchs. 629. 2— Trag. 528. 
2 — J. B. iii. 760. 2— Lon. i. 222. 4 —Dod. 475. 1—Ger. Em. 1559. 4, the 
middle one of the three lower figures. — Park. 1052, left hand upper Jig. — FI. 
Dan. 648— Ger. 1371. 4. 
Grows in large patches. Stem one to two inches high, but mostly buried in 
the earth. Fruit-stalk a full inch long. Cupsules pear-shaped, golden 
yellow. Weis. It may be found in December, very small and close to 
the ground, the leaves very fine, from the midst of which projects the 
young fruit-stalk like the point of a pin. In January the four-sided veil 
appears, of a straw colour; in February and March the capsules are 
found, which ripen in April and May. Leaves tender, pellucid, veinless. 
Dill. 
(Revolving Fringe-moss. E.) Bryum hygrometricum. Huds. Koel- 
reuteria hygrometrica. Hedw. {Furaria hygrometrica. Hedw. Roth. 
Sm. Hook. E.) Common in woods, heaths, on garden walks, walls, old 
trees, decayed wood, and where coals and cinders have lain. 
A. March—May, 
If the fruit-stalk be moistened at the bottom, the head makes three or four 
revolutions: if the upper part be moistened, it turns the contrary way. 
Linn. 
M. cuspida'tum. Capsules egg-shaped: leaves egg-shaped, pointed, 
serrated. 
{Hedw. 45. 5. 8— E. Bot. 1474— Muse. Brit. xxxi. E.)— Dill. 53. 79—» 
Vaill. 26. 18 -^Happ. ii. 6. 
Shoots half an inch high; lower leaves smaller, blunter, alternate, upper 
leaves larger, more acute, pellucid, smooth, sharply serrated and pointed 
at the end by an extension of the mid-rib. Fruit-stalks half to one inch 
long, when old saffron-coloured, issuing out of a purple tubercle encom¬ 
passed by slender leaves. Capsules egg-shaped. Dill. {Foliage alto¬ 
gether of a pale, but bright green. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Hairy-pointed Fringe-moSs. M. cuspidatum. He ( dw. M. serpylli - 
folium /3. Linn. E*) Bryum serpyllifolium cuspidatum. Huds. and With. 
Ed. ii. Woods, moist heaths, shady places, and in bogs on heaths and 
meadows. P. April. 
