Cu tic le a t margin o f the mouth o f capsule splitting into about i6 s c a le like
fragments which roll b a ck and re v eal the pseud-annulus, com posed
o f several layers o f cells, and forming the thickened mouth o f
c a p s u le ; peristome rudimentary and adhering to th e pseud-annulus,
or consisting o f one or several rows o f irregular filamentous te e th ;
endostome a con ica l tubula r 32-plicate membrane, thickened along
the angles o f the folds, and sligh tly tw isted to th e r ight. Spores
v ery small, spherica l.
Small as this genus is, the remarkable variation in the peristome has
led to its division into two sections— Euhuxhaumia for B . aphylla, Polyodon
for B. indusiata— the difference in the form and texture of the capsules also
affording an additional distinction.
The actual presence of leaves was first noticed by Robert Brown
(Linn. Trans, xh, p. 583).
C l a v i s t o t h e S p e c i e s .
Capsule depressed on upper surface, firm, with a thickened margin; peristome one row of
short imperfect cilia.
B. aphylla.
Capsule ovate-oblong, thin, the cuticle loose and splitting up beneath; peristome of four
rows of cilia.
B. indusiata.
I . BUXBAUMIA APHYLLA. L .
Capsule pachydermous, glossy, depressed on th e upper surfa ce,
with a thickened margin. Peris tome a single row o f short, imperfect
teeth adhering to th e inside o f the margin o f mouth (T. I l l A).
S y n .— Muscus capillaceus aphyllos, capitula crasso bivalvi B u x b . PI. min. cogn. cent. II, 8,
tab. 4, f. 2 (1728). D i l l . Hist. muse. 477, n. 5, et 554, tab. 68, f. 5 ( i74i)> et Herb.
Buxbaumia H a l l . Enum. stirp. Helv. i, 10 (1742).
Hippopodium F a b r i c . Prim. fl. butisbac. 31 (1743). E h r h . Phytoph. n. 10; Beitr. IV,
146 {178g).
Buxh. aphylla L. Diss. Buxb. § II, 10, et § V II, 15 (1757) ; et Amoen. acad. V, 83 et go
(1760). O e d e r Fl. Dan. t. 44 (1761), et t. 2752,-fig. i. W e e . Spic. Fl. Gott. 130
(1778). R e t z . Fl. Scand. Pr. n. 1188 {1779). E h r h . Hann. Mag. 1780, p. 235.
L. F i l . Meth. Muse. 362 {1781). H e d w . Fund. muse. P. II, 96, tab 3, f. 10 et t. 9, f. 52
(1782); Sp. muse. 166 (1801). ViLL. PI. Dauph. iii, 919 (1786). T im m Fl. Megap. n.
858(1788). R o th Fl. Germ. 1,466(1788); et iii, P. 1,343(1800). J a c q . Collect, iii,
213(1790). H o f fm . Deutschl. Fl. ii, 21 (1795). S t u r m Deutsch. Fl. ii, tab. 3 (1798).
S w a r t z Muse. Suec. 74 (1799). B r id . Muse. rec. ii, P. I l l , 147 (1803) ; Sp. muse. I ll ,
114 (1806) ; Mant muse. 123 (1819). T u r n . Muse. Hib. 104 (1804). L a m . et C a n d . Fl.
fr. 3 ed. i, 513 (1805) ; et Syn. Fl. Gall. 106. S c h u l t z Fl. Starg. 255 (1806) ; Eng. Bot.
t. 1596 (1806). W e b . M o hr Bot. Tasch. 381 (1807) V o it Musc. Herb. 126 (1812).
W a h l . Fl. Lap. 350 (1812). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. II, 26 (1816). H o o k . Fl. Lond. n.
s. I, T. 23 {1815). M a r t . Fl. crypt. Erl. 84 (1817). H o o k . Tay. Muse. brit. 84, T. 22
(1818). H o o k . Fl. Scot. P. 2, 139 (1821) ; Brit. Fl. ii,68 {1833). G r e v . in Mem. Wern.
Soc. iii, 442 (1821) ; e t V, 79, PI. I l l , fig. 13-23 (1824). F u n c k Moostasch. 38, t . 24
(1821). PIuEB. Bry. germ. 539 (1833). B r . S c h im p . Mem. Soc. mus. Strasb. ii, M o n . 4,
t. I (1835) ; Bry. Eur. iv, Mon. 5, t. i, et Suppl. t. i ; Syn. Muse. 453 (i86o) ; et 2 ed.
549(1876). R a b e n . Deutsch. Krypt..FI. ii, P. 111,240 (1848). C. M u e l l . Syn. i, 151
{1848) ; et Deutsch, moose 144 {1853). W i l s . Bry. brit. igg, T . 22 (1855). J e n s . Bry.
dan. 59 (1856). K l in g g r . Crypt. Preus. 15 (1858). H a r tm . Skand P'l. g ed. ii, 45 (1864).
L in d , in Not. ur Siillsk. I'n. et Fl. fenn. ix, 155 (1867). B e r k . Hand. br. m. 215, t. ig,
fig. 6 (1869). D e N o t . Ep. Briol. ital. 346 (1869). M i l d e Bry. siles. 255 (1869). H o b k .
Syn. Br. M . 99 {1873).
Buxb. caulcsccns S c h m id . Diss. Buxb. 25, tab. i (1758). S ch r a n k Baiers. Fl. ii, 485
(178g).
Buxb. caulcsccns aphylla H a l l . Hist, stirp. Helv. iii, 25 (1768).
Saccophorus aphyllus P. B e a u v . Prodr. 30 (1805).
Hippopodium aphylluin R ö h l . Deutschl. Fl. 2 ed. iii, 120 (1813).
Buxb. curiosa G r a y Nat. Arr. Br. pi. i, 750 (1821).
Buxb. vtilgaris B r id . Bry. univ. i, 329 (1826).
Stem none. Vag inu la th ick, covered w ith fuscous radic les.
B ra c ts minute, brownish, th e lower ovate, deeply tooth ed, the upper
broader, fimbriato-ciliate, areolation lax, the cells 5-6 angled. S e ta
rigid, erect, straight, i to i in, high, deep purple, very scabrous.
Capsule w ith a short neck, inclined and subhorizontal, depressed,
semiovate and somewhat boat-shaped above, ventricose below,
smooth, greenish brown, the cu tic le thicker, glos sy, and c losely
adherent, rolling b ack at the mouth in about 16 segments, and
forming a coroniform b o rd e r ; operculum short, conoid, obtuse, falling
with the columella a ttached ; peristome indistinct, united to the
pseud-annulus or abortive. Spores v ery small.
H ab. —O n the earth or on decayed wood, especially in fir-woods. Fr. 4-7.
Engl. Sprowston, Norfolk [Hooker, Dec., 1806} ! Sawley moor, near Ripon, Yorkshire
[Mclver 1S45) ! Ogden Clough, Tintwistle, Cheshire (Seholefield rS6y) ! 1 Near
Virginia Water, hedge bank, on mud taken from the ditch below (Prof. Lawson.
Apr., 1868) 1 ! \ J >
Scot.— Rosslin (Maughan 1808). Aberdeen (ffackson 1809). Hill of Dungloe, Kinross,
and Cleish Hills (GreviUe). Waddenhope rigg, near Peebles (Stewart r8r8). George,
town hill, Fife (/In,oH). Campsie Glen, Glasgow, and Ben Ledi (Lyon 1841).! Sidlaw
hills (Gordincr 1844) ! ! Ochil hills. Bowling Bay. Sinnaboth, Towie, near Aberdeen
(Coutts r86o). Glen Prosen (Fergasson 1867). Brockhole’s plantations, near the Tweed
( f erdon), and barren places on the Bizale (Boyd 1S67). Cloitgh.na-ben and Sculty
hill, Banchory (Sim 1869) 11 1 / 0 j
mountain, Killarney (Wade in R. Diibl. Soc, Trans. ¡0.-1804), not found
^ This strange plant has an annoying habit of disappearing from the
stations it occupies, probably due to some change in the constituents of
the substratum on which it is produced, and thus we can never rely upon
finding it a second time in the same locality.
2. BUXBAUMIA INDUSIATA. Brid.
Capsule leptodermous, not glossy, not depressed nor margined.
Peristome o f four series o f solid, slender, papillose teeth ; each series
increasing in length. (T . I l l B).
Suu.-Buxbaumla vlrldis B r id , in lltt. L in d b . Muse. Scand. 13 (18S0).
in De Can. Fl. fr. 3 ed. V .a zy (1815). Moug. Ne st.
-tup, Lr. Vog. R. n. 720 (1823), Mvrin in W. Ak. Handl. 1831, p. 253.