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Bryum.] MUSCI-ACROCAUPl-PERISTOMI. 61
Heaths, rocks, walls, &c. Fr. May.— Readily distinguished from the
following by its obovate leaves, twisted when dry, their nerve extended
into a longhair-like point, and by the greater length of its capsule.
15. B. ccespititium, Linn, (lesser matted Thread-Moss); stems
short, leaves ovate acuminated entire or very obscurely serrated
at the points their margins slightly recurved, the nerve reaching
to or beyond the point, capsule ovali-pyriform pendulous.
Linn. Sp. PL—Turn. Muse. /Jib. p. 120. FL Brit. p. 1354.
E. Bot. t. 1904. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 100. Dill. Muse,
t. 50. f. 66.— (3. minus. B. bicolor, Dicks. Or. Fasc. 4. p. 16.
Turn. Muse. Bib. t 11./. 2. Fl. Brit. p. 1358. E. Bot. t. 1601.
Banks, walls and roofs of houses, very frequent. Fr. May.— That
this most common of mosses is very variable, every one will allow, who
has been accustomed to examine it in different situations, and under
different circumstances : and the German Botanists, especially, seem to
me to have unnecessarily raised these varieties into species. These
have been mentioned in the Miucologia Britannica. I had, indeed,
there, though with a mark of doubt, included the B. Wahlenbergii of
Molir, (B. albicans, Wahl.): but that plant I am now disposed to keep
distinct and to place near B. carneum.
16. B. turbindtum, S\v. (turbinate Thread-Moss); stems short
branched with innovations, leaves ovate acuminate nearly entire
their margins slightly recurved, the nerve running beyond
the points, capsule elongato-pyriform pendulous. Swartz,
Muse. Suec. p. 49. Fl. Brit. p. "i860. E. Bot. t. 1572. Hobs.
lie. Mosses, r. 1. n. 101. Drum. Muse. Scot. r. 2. n. 94. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 19. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. />. 202. t. l>9._
Milium turbinatum, Hedw. St. Cr. v. 3. t. 8.
Bryum interrup-
turn, Fl. Brit. />. 1363. E. Bot. £.2371 ?— 11. nigricans, Dicks.
—Fl. Brit. p. 13G3. E. Bot. t. 1528. (To this list of Bynonyms
are added, in Muse. lint.. 11. boreale, pallescens, pollens,
longisetum and Schleicherif Pohlia inclinata and Webera int< rmedia
of Schwaegr. and B.fiageUare, Punch. ) DHL Muse. t. 51.
./• 74.
\\ et, sandy and Btonj places, especially in mountainous countries.
/*V. July.— This, too, i^ a iiih,> very diffi lilt to be defined in words; it
borders, on the one hand, upon />'. POJspUutum, and, on the other, upon />'.
ventricotum. It is best distinguished from them by itspyriforra capsule.
17. B. nutans. Schrdi. (sUky pendulous Thread-Moss); stems
short, leaves erect Lanceolate acuminate serrated above,
nerve reaching to the point, capsule oblongo-pyriform pendulous.
Schreb. Fl. Lip*, p. 81, Turn. Must-. Hib.p. 117. FL
Ilia. p. |.; 17. //. Bot. t. L240. Hobs. Br. Most t, v. I. n, l7.
Drum. Muse. Scot r. I. //. 99. Muse. lint. ed. 2. p. 204. /.
— Webera nutans, II