CRYPTOGAMIA. MCJSCI. Bkyum. lOif 
four lines long, unbranched, ending in roses. Lid with a long slender 
point. Veil with a long taper point. Weis. Sheathing involucrum coni-, 
cal, lopped. 
(Little Truncated Thread-moss. B.truncatulum. Linn. Huds. With. 
Curt. Relh. Gymnostomum truncatulnm. Hoffm. Turn. Sm. Hook. Grev. 
G. truncatum. Hedw. Sometimes confounded with B. fasciculare , as 
the Hyssop of Hasselquist. G . intermedium. Turn. Sm. E. Bot. 1976, is 
considered to differ only in the seta being a little longer, and the fruit 
more ovate. E.) Ditch banks, meadows, pastures, and heaths. 
A. Sept.—Feb. 
B. rufes'cens. Capsules egg-shaped, toothed: leaves strap-shaped, 
pellucid, flaccid, pointing one way. Dicks. 
Dicks, iii. 8. 1— {E. Bot. 1216. E.) 
Shoots nearly upright, unbranched. Leaves toothed, (and reticulated. E. 
Bot. E.) Fruit-stalk terminal. Fringe red, (of sixteen cloven teeth. 
E.) Lid conical, a little bent. 
(Both this and the following are considered as varieties of Dicranum va~ 
rium } in Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Red Fringed Tiiread-moss. Dicranum rufescens. Turn. Sm. E.) Banks 
of muddy rivulets in Scotland. Dickson. (By the rivulet at the Her¬ 
mitage, near Edinburgh. Smith. In wet fields near Forfar. Mr. G. Don. 
A. Feb. E.) 
B. callisto'mum. Capsules egg-urn-shaped: toothed, nearly stemless : 
leaves upright, strap-awl-shaped. Dicks. 
Dicks. 7.10. 
Shoots nearly stemless, upright, leafy. Leaves upright, strap-awl-shaped, 
yellow green. Fruit-stalk brown; thicker upwards. Capsule egg-shaped, 
brown, when dry the upper part becomes twisted. Fringe with a ring, 
toothed; ring prominent; teeth half the length of the capsule; upright 
but approaching, flattish, red orange. Lid conical. Veil not observed. 
(Stemless Thread-moss. Dicranum callistomum. Sm. E.) Found by 
Mr. Dickson on barren rocks on Highland mountains in Scotland. 
B. pai/lidum. Capsules egg-cylindrical: leaves awl-shaped. 
Hedw. Stirp. i. 27— Dill. 49. 57. 
Stem short, naked at bottom, or with a few very short minute leaves. 
Leaves awl-shaped, mid-ribbed, very slender, rather pointing to one side. 
Fruit-stalk one to one and a half inch high, pale green or reddish. Cap¬ 
sules upright. Veil reaching but half way round, deciduous. Lid bluntly 
conical, somewhat bent. 
(Slender-leaved Thread-moss. E.) Specimens from J. W. Griffith, 
Esq. of Garn, who first found it on our island, growing on the sides of 
turbaries (peat holes) near Llyn Aled, Denbighshire. 
B. Capsules on fruit-stalks, upright. 
(3) Stems trailing . 
B. Hypnoi'des. Capsules egg-shaped: shoots ascending: branches 
lateral, short, fruit-bearing. 
Var. 1. Lanuginosum. Shoot branched, lying down: leaves oblong, hair* 
pointed ; capsules oblong; veils entire. 
