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jCRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Bryum. 
Forest, where it grows on the roofs of the sandstone caverns, just 
beyond the Jews’ burying-ground, on the west side of the Gallows 
Hill. E.) JB. April—June. 
B. vekticilla'tum. Capsules small roundish: fruit-stalks twisted 
when dry: shoots all of the same height : leaves hair-pointed. 
Dicks. H. S. — {E. Bot. 1258 —Muse. Brit. xv. E.)— Dill. 47. 35. 
Grows in dense tufts. Stems slender, adhering closely together, about an 
inch high; branched. Leaves hair-like, fine pale green, towards the 
bottom of the plant whitish. Fruit-stalks numerous, short, pale, termi¬ 
nal. Capsules small, roundish, greenish. Lid very small, red, pointed. 
Bill. Haller unites it with B. oestivum. Linn. 
(Whorled Thread-moss. Grimmia verticillata. Turn. Sm. Weissia 
verticillata. Schwaegr. Muse. Brit. Grev. and B. fasciculatum. With, to 
Ed. 7. E.) In Yorkshire. Richardson, in Bill. On rocks near the sea, 
Bangor. Brewer, in Bill. (Auchtertool Linn, Fifeshire. Br. Greville. E.) 
P. April—Aug. 
B. pomifor'me. Capsules globular: lid flat: shoot branched: leaves 
strap-spear-shaped, tiled, but spreading: bristle-pointed. 
Dicks. II. S. — {Hook. FI. Lond. — E. Bot. 998— Muse. Brit, xxiii. E.)-—> 
Dill. 44. 1— FI. Dan. 478— Vail. 24. 9 and 12— Buxb. v. App. n. 4— H. 
Ox. xv. 6, row. 4 and 6. 
Leaves bristle-shaped. Fruit-stalks solitary, purplish below. Capsules 
globular. Veil very much pointed, very small, oblique. Linn. Grows 
thick together in broad patches. Stems about an inch high; the old ones 
branched, the young ones simple. Leaves \e ry slender, serrated towards 
the ends. Fruit-stalks full half an inch long, from the ends of the younger 
shoots, one or more in a place. Capsule at first slender, when ripe 
globular. Mouth wide, fringed, the teeth turned inwards. Veil deci¬ 
duous. Weis, and Bill. Leaves mid-ribbed. 
(Apple Thread-moss. Bartramia pomiformis. Sw. Hedw. Sm. Turn. 
Hook. E. Bot. E.) Heaths, rocks, and banks. A. Feb.—April. 
(In Muse. Brit, our first kind is described under var. a minor; stems 
shorter, leaves flexuose. To which is added var. /3 major; stems much 
lengthened out, branched; leaves longer; crisped, especially when dry, 
Bartramia crispa. Brid. Turn. E. Bot. 1526. E.) 
B. macrocar'pon. Capsules roundish: fruit-stalks terminal: shoot 
branched: leaves expanding, spear-shaped, slender. 
Dili. 47. 29 ; A. B. the fresh, C. the dried plant — FI. Dan. 476— Happ. iii. 3. 
Plant yellow green; much branched; leaves slender, curled. Capsule 
brown, beak very small. Bill. Fruit-stalk but little higher than the tops 
of the shoots. Capsule very small. Lid red, with a very slender needle- 
shaped point. 
(Curled-leaved Thread-moss. E.) Br. Hypnoides y. Huds. On 
Snowdon. Mr. Griffith. 
B. patens. Capsules egg-oblong, fringed: fruit-stalks very short: 
shoots nearly upright: branches expanding, rising to nearly the 
same height: leaves strap-spear-shaped. 
Dick . 4. 8. a. b.-—{E. Bot. 1990 —Muse. Brit . xix. E.) 
