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CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Hypnum. 
B. (1) Brandies irregular: leaves irregular: capsules upright. 
(2) Branches irregular : leaves irregular: capsules leaning. 
C. (1) Shoots winged with branches: branch leaves imbricated: cap¬ 
sules upright. 
(2) Shoots winged with branches: branch leaves imbricated: cap¬ 
sules leaning. 
(3) Shoots winged with branches: branch leaves imbricated: cap¬ 
sules drooping. 
D. (1) Leaves bent back: capsules upright. 
(2) Leaves bent back: capsules leaning. 
E. Plant shrub-like: branches fasciculated. 
F. (1) Shoots nearly cylindrical : capsules upright. 
(2) Shoots nearly cylindrical: capsules leaning. 
(3) Shoots nearly cylindrical: capsules drooping. 
G. (1) Shoots crowded: capsules upright. 
(2) Shoots crowded: capsules leaning. 
A. (1) Plant unbranched, winged with leaves. Capsides upright. 
H. bryoides. Fruit-stalks terminal: capsules oblong: lid acute: 
leafits spear-shaped, acute. 
Iledw. Stirp. hi. 29— (E. Bot. 625 —Muse. Brit. xvi. E.)— DHL 34. 1—■ 
Vaill. 24. 13— FI. Dan. 473.1— II. Ox. xv. 6, row 4. 11— Buxb. i. 64. 3. 
Very small, but distinguished by its capsules , edged at the mouth with a 
deep red fringe. Linn. The smallest of the genus. Shoots two or three 
lines long. Leafits seven or eight pair. Fruit-stalks as long, or longer 
than the shoots, generally solitary. Capsules upright, egg-shaped. Weis. 
Many growing together as if from one root, but each plate has its se¬ 
parate rate, though sometimes two or three shoots spring from one 
root. Shoots not branched, short, reclining. Leaves green, not pellucid. 
Capsules small, upright, oblong, green. Veil very small, greenish. Lid 
scarlet. Fruit-stalks reddish, issuing from near the end of the shoots, 
and without any evident involucrum. Dill. Mid-rib of the leafits pellu¬ 
cid. Stackh. 
(Bryum-like Feather-moss. E.) Shady places, woods, and ditch 
banks. A. Feb.—May. 
(The arrangement of this species according to Muse. Brit, is as follows, 
Dicranum bryoides. Fruit-stalks terminal, perichaetial leaves resembling 
the cauline ones. 
a. Stem short, simple, capsule erect. D. bryoides. Sw. Sm. Turn. Hook. 
Fissidens bryoides. Hedw. Hypnum bryoides. Linn. Dicranum viridu - 
him. Sw. Sm. E. Bot. 1368. Bryum vivididum. Linn. Dicks, i. 1. 5. Dill. 
34. 1. 
/3. Stem elongated, somewhat branched, capsule erect. Dicranum osmun - 
divides. Turn. Sm. E. Bot. 1662. Hypmim asplenioides, Dicks. 2. 5. 3. 
