CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Bryum 
1045 
tagrr-aa,.. 
in Muse. Brit. E. Bot. 2295, T. linoides is also considered to represent 
this species. E.) Barren hills, and moist banks. E.) P. 
B. cris'pum. Capsules egg-shaped: fruit-stalks thicker at the top: 
leaves strap-shaped, broadest at the base, crowded, curled when 
dry. 
Hedw. Stirp. ii. 35— (E. Bot. 996— Muse . Brit. xxi. E.)— Dill. 55. 11— 
Pet. Mus. f. 25— Vaill. 27. 9. 
In dense tufts, so close, that the under parts decay. About one inch high, 
branched. Barren flowers in the bosom of the leaves. Sheath scarlet. 
Fruit-stalks terminal, short, straightish, thickening at the top so as to 
coincide with the pear-shaped capsule. Capsule from the above cir¬ 
cumstance appearing pear-shaped, but it is really globular egg-shaped. 
Lid with a straight short beak. Ring- none. Fringe double, sixteen 
teeth in each. Veil pyramidal, hairy. Hedw. Capsule when old with 
eight longitudinal streaks, in each of which lies concealed a pair of teeth 
belonging to the outer fringe after it has been bent back. When the 
seed has escaped, it contracts in the middle part. Inner fringe eight 
white hairs, the points of which unite in the centre. Outer fringe eight 
teeth, each of which at length splits into two. Grif. (A beautiful species; 
sometimes very minute. E.) 
Curled Thread-moss. B. striatum d. Linn. E.) Orthotrichum crispurn. 
Hedw. Sm. Hook. Grev. E.) Trunks of trees ; (more rarely on 
walls. E.) Flowers in spring. Capsules ripen in May or June. 
B. vagina'le. Capsules egg-shaped, toothed: shoots rather serpentine: 
leaves hair-like but sheathing the base. Dicks. 
Hedw. Stirp. ii. 33— (E. Bot. 1151— Muse. Brit. xvii. E.) 
Near half an inch high, rather waved, upright. Leaves serpentine, mostly 
pointing one way. Beak slender, straight. (Fringe red of sixteen cloven 
flat teeth. E. Bot. E.) Capsules urn-shaped. 
(Sheathing Thread-moss. Dicranum crispum. Hedw. Turn. Sm. Hook. 
E.) Bogs in Scotland. Dickson. (Said to have been found also by John 
Templeton, Esq., of Orange Grove, near Belfast, on moist banks of the 
Maryburn River, Ireland. E. Bot. E.) P. 
B. Weiss'ia. Capsules egg-oblong, with a ring, fringed: leaves point- 
ing one way, strap-awl-shaped, stiff. Dicks. 
Hedw. Stirp. 1. 8— (E. Bot. 1899— Muse. Brit. xx. E.) 
Stem upright. Leaves awl-shaped, but broad and sheathing at the base, 
rigid, not curling up when dry. Involucrum sheathing. Fruit-stalk ter¬ 
minal, always longer than the stem, nearly upright. Veil slender, up¬ 
right. Lid a blunt cone. Fringe single, of sixteen teeth. 
(Curved-leaved Thread-moss. E.) Weissiaheteromalla.ELedLvr. (Grim - 
mia heteromalla. Sm. Didymodon heteromallum. Muse. Brit. Hook. Grev. 
E.) Woods and sandy places. May—June. 
B. hyperbo'reum. Capsules egg-shaped, fruit-stalks short: leaves 
stiff, hair-like, crowded. Gun. 
(E. Bot. 2552. E.)— FI. Dan. 538. 1. 
Full half an inch high. Capsules but little raised aboye the foliage. Beak 
conical, slanting. 
