1052 CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Beytjm. 
(Reglining-heabeb Threab-moss. E.) Swartzia inclinata. Hedw. (Didy- 
. modon inclinatum. Sw. Hook. Grimmia inclinata. Sm. E.) Turf bogs in 
Scotland. Hickson. (And north of Ireland. Mr. Brown. Considered by 
Hrs. Taylor and Hooker as an extremely rare species. Mountains of 
Cunnamara in Ireland. Mr. J. Mackay. On the sands of Barrie,, Scot¬ 
land. Mr. Drummond. Muse. Brit. P. June—Aug. E.) 
B. rura'le. Capsules cylindrical: lids conical, acute : shoot branch¬ 
ed : leaves reflexed, inversely egg-shaped, blunt, hair-pointed. 
Hedw, Hist . i. 6. 28 to 32— (E. Sot . 2070—Ate. Brit. xii. E.)— Dill. 45. 
12— Vaill. 25. 3— H. Ox. xv. 6, row 3. 1, and row 4. 2— Buxb.v. 44. 1. 
Branched, one or two inches high, stellated at the ends. Leaves numerous, 
broad-spear-shaped, pointed. Fruit-stalks an inch high, surrounded by 
an involucrum at the base. Capsules cylindrical ; mouth with a long 
fringe. Lid a long cone. Weis. Grows in dense and elevated tufts. 
Stems upright, branched, one or two inches high. Leaves crowded, 
standing open, fine yellowish green when wet, but dull greyish and 
brownish in dry seasons. Dill. (Among the largest of the Tortuloe ; spe¬ 
cimens from Craigcailleach, in Breadalbane, measuring seven or eight 
inches in length, but always barren. Mr. Lyell has found, growing on 
the trunks of trees at Rum say, Hants, a state of this plant (also without 
fructification), in which the nerves were gemniferous. Muse. Brit. E.) 
Great Hairy Threab-moss. Tortula ruralis. Sw. Turn. Sm. Hook. 
Syntrichia ruralis. Brid. Br. Barbula ruralis. Hedw. E.) Roofs both 
thatched and tiled, walls and trunks of trees. P. Dec.—April.* 
B. audro'gynum. Capsules cylindrical: lids taper-pointed: fruit- 
stalks terminal: shoot branched, upright ; leaves spear-shaped, 
rather expanding. 
(Schmid. 56. 1— E. Bot. 1238— Muse. Brit, xxviii. E.)— FI. Han. 229— 
Happ. ii. Mnium. 5 — Dill. 31. 1 — Vaill. 29. 6 — Mich. 59. 8. H. K. e.— 
Neck. Meth. 1. 4 — H. Ox. xv. 7, row 2. 20. 
Barren Flowers terminal, globular, on fruit-stalks only half the length of 
those bearing capsules. From one half to near two inches high, gene¬ 
rally branched, nearly upright. Leaves not crowded, short, very narrow, 
pale green, pointed. Dill. (By some supposed to be nearly allied to 
B. (Mnium) palustre. E.) 
(Narrow-leaveb Threab-moss. Mnium androgynum. Linn. Woods, 
heaths, and walls, in dense patches. Roots of trees in moist sandy 
woods, dry shady banks by the sides of heaths. A. March—April. 
B. undula'tum. Capsules nearly upright, oblong : fruit-stalks mostly 
solitary: leaves spear-shaped, keeled, waved, expanding, ser¬ 
rated. 
Hicks. H. S. — Curt. — Hedw. Stirp. 1. 16 — (E. Bot. 1220 — Muse. Brit. x. 
E.) — Dill. 46. 18— Vaill. 26. 17— H. Ox. xv. 7, row 1st. 9. 
Stem one to three inches, upright, unbranched. Leaves , the upper ones 
largest, viz. two or three lines long, and one broad. Fruit-stalks ter- 
* When this Moss extends itself over thatched buildings, the thatch, instead of lasting 
only about ten years, will endure for an age ; Linnaeus: (and may probably prove 
some little security against the liability to accidents from fire, which renders such 
covering very objectionable. E.) 
