CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Mnium. 
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M. hor'num. Capsules egg-shaped: leaves spear-shaped, acute, ser¬ 
rated. 
(E. Bot. 2271 — Muse. Brit . xXxi. E.)— Dill. 51. 71 — Mich. 59. 2— Cart .— 
Vaill. 24. 4 and 5 — H. Ox. xv. 6, roiv the last, 3 and 4, as it sorrtetimes 
appears before it produces capsules. 
From half to one inch high, but larger hi moister situations, mid-rib red, 
stiff. Leaves green, pellucid, finely crenated. Fruit-stalk saffron red, 
shining, one to two inches long, bent like a swan’s neck. Capsule ob¬ 
long, nodding, swollen, dark green. Lid brown. Leaves at the base of 
the fruit-stalk slender. Dill. Barren, shoot simple; fertile branched at 
the base. Leaves sharply serrated and ending in a sharp point. (Whole 
plant of a yellow lurid green colour. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Swan’s-neck Fringe-moss. Bryum hornum. Huds. Curt. Sm. Hook. 
E.) Woods, moist, shady, and boggy places. P. Feb.—May. 
M. capilla're. Capsules oblong-egg-shaped: fruit-stalks from near 
the root: leaves egg-shaped, keeled, bristle-pointed. 
(E. Bot. 2007 — Muse. Brit. xxix. E.) — Dill. 50. 67— (FI. Dan. 1122. 2. 
E.) — H. Ox. xv. 6, row 5. 19 — Vaill. 24. 6. 
Shoots, at the ends of some a very small brown star. Very nearly allied to 
B. caespiticium. Linn. Leaves short, broad, ending in a short hair. 
Fruit-stalk one inch long, issuing from the last year’s shoots. Capsules 
swollen, reflexed. Lid hemispherical, shining. Ray. Capsides less pen¬ 
dent when ripe. Dill. From half to one inch high. Its sessile shoots , 
and expanding upper leaves, distinguish it from B. coepiticium, though 
it should not be in fruit. Neck. Differs from B. ccespiticium in its greater 
size, the lids of its capsules being sharp-pointed, and its leaves not 
shining. Weis. 
(The authors of Muse. Brit, consider E. Bot. 1862. the fructified specimens, 
(Bryum annotinum), rather to represent B. capillar6: and that B. stel¬ 
lar e, E. Bot. 2343, and Dill. 50. 67. also belong to the same species, the 
true B. stellare never having been found in Britain. E.) 
(Caiullary Fringe-moss. E.) Bryum capillare. Linn. Huds. Mud 
walls, heaths, roofs. (Sm. Hook. E.) P. Feb.—March. 
M. anno^tinum. Capsules oblong-egg-shaped: fruit-stalks from near 
the root: leaves pellucid, egg-shaped, taper-pointed. 
Dill. 50. 68. 
Leaves spear-shaped, pointed, not twisting when dry, turning brown when 
soaked in water. Fruit-stalk one inch long. Capsule oblong, pendent. 
Lid pointed; blunter when old. Dill. Stem half to one inch high, 
simple, or branched almost from the bottom. Leaves very entire, those on 
the stellated shoots broader. 
(Doubts are entertained whether this may not prove a distinct species. The 
synonyms appear somewhat perplexed. E.) 
(Summer Fringe-moss. E.) Bryum annotinum. Huds. Woods and 
moist shady places. Cryb y Ddescil. Mr. Griffith. Spring and Summer. 
M. puncta'tum. Capsules oblong-egg-shaped: stem unbranched : 
fruit-stalks often several together: leaves inversely egg-shaped, 
very entire, blunt, (broad, E.) dotted. 
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