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CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Beyum. 
Thorpe, near Norwich. Sir J. E. Smith. (On a wall by the road side 
opposite Parson’s Green. Mr. Steuart. Grev. Edin. E.) P. ; Nov.—July. 
B. paucifo'lium. Capsules oblong: lid taper-pointed: veil reaching 
half way round : leaves strap-spear-shaped. 
Dicks. H. S. — (Dicks. 4. 11.3— E. Bot. 2506 — Muse. Brit. vii. E.) 
Whole plant scarcely more than the eighth of an inch high, the smallest of 
this Genus which I have seen, heaves three or four, when viewed 
through a magnifying glass strap-spear-shaped, ribbed underneath. 
Fruit-stalk yellowish, sometimes two from the same point. Capsule 
upright, oblong, somewhat cylindrical, brownish when ripe, with a 
swollen red ring. Lid taper-pointed, somewhat crooked, nearly as long 
as the capsule. Veil oblique, minute. Fringe toothed; teeth numerous, 
bent in. Differs from B.paludosum in the leaves not being bristle-shaped, 
and in the shape of the capsule. Dicks. (This species is remarkable in 
having two kinds of leaves, of which the outer and lower ones are much 
the shortest and broadly lanceolate, whilst the inner and uppermost are 
linear-lanceolate. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Few-leaved Tiiread-moss. B.paucifolium. Dicks. Gymnostomum pau¬ 
cifolium. E. Bot. Dicranum cylindricum. FI. Brit. Gymnostatnm tenue. 
Hedw. Hook. On sandstone rocks, rare. E.) 
B. Capsules on fruit-stalks, upright. 
(2) Stem very short: rarely branched. 
(B. viridissimum. Leaves broadly lanceolate: capsule ovate: lid 
oblique, rostrate. 
E. Bot. 1583— Muse. Brit. vi. 
Stems scarcely an inch in height, of a pale yellow green. Leaves most 
beautifully dotted. 
Bright-green Thread-moss. Gymnostomum viridissimum. Sm. Hook. 
Dicranum viridissimum. Sm. Turn, with which Messrs. Hooker and Tay¬ 
lor also assimilate Bryum Forsteri. Dicks. With. E. Bot. 2225. Trees, 
principally in the south of England, rare in Scotland. Muse. Brit. E.) 
B. fasciculate. Capsules roundish pear-shaped: mouth naked: 
shoots leafless below: leaves fasciculated, egg-spear-shaped, 
taper-pointed. Dicks. 
Dicks. H. S. and Fasc. iii. 7. 5— (Muse. Brit. vii.— E. Bot. 1245. E.) 
Boots strong, brown. Shoots nearly upright. Leaves toothed, twisted at 
the end; with a mid-rib. Lid very blunt. Veil tumid, contracted at 
the base. Dicks. 
(Twisted-leaved Thread-moss. Gymnostomum fasciculare. Hedw. Sm. 
Hook. Barren sandy places. P.* 
B. flexifoTium. Capsules egg-cylindrical, mouth with a mem¬ 
branous fringe: shoots nearly stemless: leaves waved, spear- 
shaped, serrated. Dicks. 
* (By some this minute plant is considered the Bryum JEgypti, of Hasselquist; 
abundant on the walls Of Jerusalem; and therefore presumed to be “ the Hyssop that 
springeth up out of the wall.” (Hyssopus Salo?no}iis > Linn, sub Bryo tnmcatulo x fid. 
Sm. E.) 
