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Timmia.] MUSCI-ACROCARPI-PERISTOMI. 65
Suppl r. 1. P. II. p. 132. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 45. /. 5, 6, 8?
—Dill. Muse. t. 53. /. 79. ^—Z.
Woods and on wet banks, in shady situations. Fr. Apr.— Smaller than
the last, and more lax, with creeping shoots, which, as Mr. Dalton ob-
serves, take root at the extremity : leaves broader and of a softer tex-
ture. Stems an inch or an inch and a half high. (Inner iieristome
curiously perforated.) Wits.
29. B. affine, Brid. (many-stalked Thyme Thread-Moss); stems
elongated, leaves broadly elliptical acumimilate reticulated their
margins thickened denticulated to the very base, the nerve
reaching to or beyond the point, setae aggregated, capsule oblong
pendulous, lid conical with a macro. Brid. Mant. Muse.
p. 119.—Milium affine, Blandov, Muse. E.vsicc. III. re. 133.
Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. II p. 134. Funck, Deutschl. Moose,
t. 33. n. 12.
(and / 5, 6,
Milium cuspidatum, Hedw.
8 ?)
Sp. Muse. t. 45. /. 7.
Mnium serpt/llifolium, 3. cuspidatum, Linn,
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(excl. Syn. Dill.f. 79. A—£.)—Dill. Muse. t. 55. /. 79, M.
(specimen from T aillant.)
Wood near Over, fertile; also with abortive pistils on a hedge-bank
at Little Farm near Over, Cheshire. Mr. Wilson, 1828. Wood at Mildenhall,
Suffolk, bearing fruit abundantly in the dark recesses. F. K.
Eagle, Esq. Fr. Apr. May.—Twice the size of the former and truly
distinct from it by the characters above given. It appears to have been
found, for the first time in England, by the two very able Botanists just
mentioned, and nearly at the same period. In the Suffolk station it bears
fruit most copiously in a fir plantation : but the capsules seldom become
perfectly ripe, partly, as it would appear, on account of the drought, and
partly because they are the favourite food of hares and rabbits. The
dark lurid colour of the foliage, Mr. Eagle observes, is very striking, but
the young shoots are of a light green.
30. B. Tozeri, Grew (minute diaphanous Thread-Moss);
"steins short simple erect, leaves remote spreading ODOVate entire
cuspidate margined Loosely reticulated, the nerve disappearing
beyond the middle, capsule drooping somewhat pear-shaped, lid
com exo-conical." (inc. Scot. Cr. II. t. 285.
(lav banks by the river Dart, Devonshire, Rev. J. s. Twer. Fr.
':.— I am indebted to Mr. To/er for specimens of this moss, which
he finds vcr\ sparingly indeed, ami lean bear testimony to the accuracy
of Dr. Oreville's figure and description. 1 have arranged this species
here on account of the decidedly thickened mar-ins of tbe leaf; but its
affinity is far removed from the present division: yet 1 cannot say to
which it is st allied. Tbe vcr\ lax reticulation of the Imvvs, taken in
Conjunction with their form, the turbinate capsule and small BUM of tbe
plant, are quite peculiar.
margins and ner\e.
The foliage is of a reddish hue, especially the
28. T/mmia. Ihdir. Timmia.
Seta terminal. Perutome double : the outer of 16 ieetk ; the
inner a plaited membrane, col into :\-j equal cilia, variously
united at the base by transverse bars ;m ,i frequently cohering
at the points. (