CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Bryum. 
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Tortula cuneifolia. Turn. B. murale fi. Huds. and With. Ed. ii. On 
hanks of earth near Streatham, Surry, and at Oxford. Dillenius. (Particu¬ 
larly common in Devonshire, especially near Torquay and the hilly 
country about Tor-point. Muse. Brit. E.) Winter. 
B. mura'le. Capsules oblong: lids conical, acute: shoots very short, 
subdivided : leaves mid-ribbed, egg-shaped, acute, hair-pointed. 
( E. Bot. 2033— Muse. Brit. xii. E.)— Dill. 45. 14— Vaill. 24. 15, in a tuft 
— Buxb. i. 64. 4— Mich. 59. 7. 
Sometimes grows in tufts, but often spreads in shady places. Leaves 
opake, approaching, rigid, fine green when wet, dull green when dry. 
Dill. 
(The lower leaves generally lose their terminal hairs. When the lid is 
carefully removed from the capsule, the mouth of the latter is seen 
adorned with a conical pencil of rich saffron-coloured hairs twisted spi^ 
rally, and projecting so as to fill up the lid. E.) 
(Wall Thread-moss. Tortula muralis. Hedw. Sm. Hook. E.) Walls, 
roofs, tiles, stones, rocks and sandy places, everywhere. 
P. Nov—March. 
B. obtu'sum. Capsules inversely egg-shaped, lopped: lid convex: 
leaves spear-egg-shaped, taper-pointed. Dicks. 
(E. Bot. 1407. E.)— Dicks. 4. 7. a. b. 
Fringe none. Veil bell-awl-shaped. Leaves , under the microscope, reti¬ 
culated, finely toothed. Differs from B. truncatulum in the beaked lid, 
and its capsule being longer, &c. Dicks. 
(Obtuse Thread-moss. B. obtusum. Dicks. Gymnostomum obtusum, 
Hedw. Turn. Sm. with which is assimilated in Muse. Brit, (vii.) 
G. Heimii. Hedw. Sm. Hook. E.) Stones and rocks on Ben Crechan, 
Scotland. (Common about Yarmouth. Mr. Turner. E.) 
B. ova'tum. Capsules egg-shaped: leaves egg-shaped, concave, hair- 
pointed. Dicks, ii. 4. 
Dicks. H. S .— Hedw. Stirp. i. 6— (E. Bot. 1889— Muse. Brit. vii. E.)— H. 
Ox. xv. 7. 18. 
Very minute, unbranched, with scarcely any stem. Flowers terminal. 
Fruit-stalk upright, not longer than the capsule. Veil reddish brown. 
Lid conical, beak oblique. Very common on mud walls, spreading in 
broad and dense patches ; seldom on the ground. 
(Some authors discriminate var. a. vulgare; capsule ovate; and /3. gracile; 
capsule oblong. This species is remarkable for the nerve of the leaf 
being furnished with a large, oblong, membranous appendage, to the 
surface of w r hich are attached minute greenish bodies, probably gemmae, 
as represented by Hedwig. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Hair-pointed Thread-moss. E.) Gymnostomum ovatum. Hedw. (Sm. 
Hook. E.) Pastures. Mud walls. April—May. 
B. pusii/lum. Capsules oblong, fringed: leaves concave, egg-awl¬ 
shaped. Dicks, ii. 6 . 
Hedw. Stirp. i. 28— (E. Bot . 2380. E.) 
