1036 CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Bryum. 
(Extinguisher Thread-moss. Encalypta vulgaris. Hedw. Turn. Sm. 
Hook. E.) Leersia vulgaris. Hedw. Grassy places in a sandy soil* dry 
heaths, and calcareous rocks. Castle walls, Bungay, Suffolk. Mr. 
Stone. Denbigh castle. Mr. Griffith. P« Oct.—Aug. 
Var. 2. Veil cut at the base, (into a distinct fringe. E.)] 
(E. Bot. 1418— Muse. Brit. xiii. E.)— Hedw. Stirp. 1. 19; Theor. 9. 10 to 
14, the fructification; Hist. ii. 5. 24. a, the seeds — FI. Dan. 1001. 2—< 
Dill. 45. 9. 
Whole plant larger and more branched. Capsule , mouth fringed. Veil cut 
at the base into six segments; grey, bent inwards. Linn. Suec. n. 990. 
Leaves retaining their green colour when dry. 
(J5. extinctorium (3. Linn. Leersia ciliata . Hedw. Encalypta ciliata. Hedw. 
Turn. Sm. Hook. Rocks about Ludlow Castle. Ripens its capsules in 
summer; the precedin g variety in winter. Dill. 
Early in the Spring to July. P. 
(The authors of Muse. Brit, include under this latter plant, 
E. ciliata a. concolor; leaves apiculate, their points of the same colour. 
--/3. pilifera ,* leaves much acuminated, their points diaphanous, (teeth 
deciduous.) Encalypta alpina. E. Bot. 1419. 
And nearly connected with the above is E. rhaptocarpa , supposed to differ 
principally in having a distinctly sulcated capsule, and in the more mem¬ 
branous cilkeof the calyptra. Muse. Brit. Sup. ii. also Grev. Scot. Crypt. 
163. E.) 
B. virid'ulitm. Capsules egg-shaped: leaves spear-shaped, taper- 
pointed, tiled, but expanding. 
Dicks. H. S. — Curt. 132. 1— Hedw. Stirp. iii. 5—( E. Bot. 1367— Muse. 
Brit. xv. E.)— Dill. 48. 43— Vaill. 29. 5. 
So small as hardly to be discernible if it did not grow in large patches. 
Stems one to three lines long, upright, seldom branched. Leaves very 
slender, sharp at the ends. Fruit-stalks terminating the last year’s 
shoots, one or two in a shoot. Capsules egg-shaped; fringed at the 
mouth. Lid red, pointed. Veil pointed. Weis. Fruit-stalks green, 
changing to a pale yellow. Capsules from green to yellow brown, and 
shining. Veil slender, the colour of the capsule. Lid very short, reddish, 
its point bent. Dill. Leaves awl-shaped, quite straight, curled when 
dry. Dicks. Fruit-stalk not twisting when wet. Capsides red at the 
base and at the mouth, which is small and contracted. Leaves strap- 
awl-shaped, the mid-rib extending the whole length. Grif. 
(Diminutive Green Thread-moss. B. viridulum. Huds. Lightf. Curt. 
Weis. B. virens. Dicks. Dill. Relh. Weissia controversa. Hedw. Sw. 
Hook. Grev. Grimmia controversa. Sm. Turn. E.) Boggy ground. 
Hedge banks. June. 
B. trunca'tulum. Capsules lopped: leaves flat, sharp-pointed. 
Curt. 132—- Hedw. Stirp. i. 5— (E. Bot. 1975— Muse. Brit. vii. E.)— Dill. 
45. 7— Vaill. 26. 2 —Buxb. ii. 2. 2—FI. Dan. 537. 
Capsules , when the lid is fallen off, appearing quite lopped, inversely egg- 
shaped, and yellowish red, therefore evidently distinct from B. viridulum. 
Linn. Fruit-stalks three or four lines long. Capsule without a ring. 
Neck. One of the least of the mosses; grows in patches. Stem three or 
