CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Bryum. 
1C55 
Dill. 50. 62 — Curt. 166— (E. Bot. 1602— Muse. Brit. xxix. E.)— FI. Dan. 
S80. 2— Vaill. 26. 3— H. Ox. xv. 6, row the last, 17. 
Grows in patches,, about half an inch high, dividing into cylindrical shoots 
two or three lines long. Leaves egg-spear-shaped, ending in hairs, but 
so pressed to the stem as hardly to be discernible to the naked eye. 
Fruit-stalks from the base of the shoots, near half an inch high. Cap¬ 
sules egg-shaped, upright when green, pendent when ripe. Lid short, 
blunt. Mouth fringed. Veil deciduous. Weis. In autumn and early in 
winter green, afterwards shining, silvery white, especially when dry, 
which circumstance alone is sufficient to distinguish it from all other 
Mosses. Dill. 
(Silvery Thread-moss. E.) Sunny banks, walls, roofs, and rocks. 
P. Oct.-Feb. 
Var. 2. Shoots greener. Leaves not hairy. 
Dill. 50. 63. 
Pale or darker green, sometimes shining. Leaves more crowded. Cap¬ 
sule, mouth not fringed. 
On the gravel walks of the Oxford Physic Garden. Dill. Jan.—March. 
B. Zie'rii. Capsules club-shaped, long: shoots cylindrical: root- 
leaves expanding, longer than the stem-leaves. Dicks, ii. 8. 
Dicks. 4. 10—( E. Bot. 1021— Muse. Brit. xxix. E.) 
Shoots simple, upright, pointed, of a flesh-coloured whitish hue, green 
towards the end. Leaves closely tiled, pressed to, egg-shaped, pointed, 
ribless, transparent, the ends when dry reclining. Root-leaves surround¬ 
ing the shoots, expanding, spear-strap-shaped, with a rib, taper-pointed, 
thrice as long as the rest. Fruit-stalk from the base of the plant, thrice 
as long as the shoots. Capsule depressed-pendent, when moist rather 
upright, on a crooked fruit-stalk, in the dry plant club-shaped, very 
much elongated and tapering at the base, the surface somewhat granu¬ 
lated. Fringe with many teeth. I Ad short, pyramidal. Veil not 
observed. Dicks. (This species, so remarkable for the form of its 
capsule, resembles the preceding in colour, and in its large reticulation. 
Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Zierian Thread-moss. E.) Moist banks on mountains, England, Scot¬ 
land, and Wales. 
B. nu'tans. Capsules cylindrical: lids conical, dagger-pointed: shoot 
simple: leaves egg-spear-shaped, closing. 
Hedw.Hist. i. 4. 16 to 19— (E. Bot. 1240— Muse. Brit. xxix. E.)— Dill. 
50. 61— Hedw. Stirp. 1. 4. 
About half an inch high. Stamens and pistils in the same flower. Fruit- 
stalk from one to two inches high. Capsules pendent, but after discharg¬ 
ing their seeds upright. Lid convex, beak very short. Mouth, fringe 
double, each of sixteen teeth. Hedw. Stems short. Lower-leaves few, 
shrivelled, brown. Upper-leaves fine pale green. Plants without cap¬ 
sules, taller. Dill. 
(Silky Pendulous Thread-moss. E.) Wehera nutans. Hedw. B.seri- 
ceum. Huds. and With. Ed. 2. 3 and 4. (Walls and heaths, principally 
in mountainous districts. E.) P. March—Aug. 
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