R Y U M .
f umhddtunl) üntheris eréOiufcülis, pteciuncufis fuWofifariïs, fofiîs idnceoidfis carinàtis ù'ndüiâtis fHfefl-
trbus ferratisi Llntu S y fti V é g é ta l, -pi 797*
föliis lääceolatis ferratis, capfulis cylindricis iricïiriatis ariftatis. it a lie n hïfi. totn. it 1823*
pfyliitidifotlum i furculo fimpîic'î, foliis undatorfemilatis, primordialibus plumulofis.- Necher. m cthol
mufior: p: 203. m honten triviale ä Cl. Neckero inutaretur non vidéo, cum nnalogiît imite lia-
ejus fùmitur obfeura fit, obfervaiité CL Scopoli.
Phyllitidis folio rtigofd acuto, capfulis ineurvisv Dillen m u ß . 360. tab. 46. fig< 18.
undukttum. SbepeB. tL Cetmbols tu «3*1. Bm.Spn, fs 95- l6 - H‘“ !fon * L J "Sl- 1r‘ 's
Crypiogàjn.,9&, Oeier FL Dan, tdk 497. noflrii duplo faltem m in , operculo nimis reflet
et acuto/
STALKS from one to two inches high, generally Ample,
upright and leafy.
LEAVES lanceolate, waved, keel-lhaped, minutely and
Ibarply ferreted at the edges, fpreading, when
dry curling in, fig. i-
CAPSULA five A nther à cÿïifïd r a c e s , in C ü r v a t a , lente
' v i f a lu b f t r ia t a , p r im u m v i r id i s , d e in e x l iv id o -
fu fe a v d em u m r u f a , fige p Bafis- Operculi h e -
m i fp h æ r ic a , r u b r a , a p e x p a l l id a , fetaCea, o b t u -
I j T f iu f c u l a , fig. 5 , C a p lu læ Ora e i l ia t a Giliis
inlexis, 7 ; Annulus r u b e r , fige 6 5 P o l len
feu Semen v i r id e , fig. 8.
CALYPTRA p a l l id e fu f e a , a c u m in a t a , p r im u f t i e re£ ta,
f l e x u r â c a p fu læ d ii ir um p i tu r , e t r e é ta m a n e t , b a -
f iq u e fuâ a G a p fu la fe c e d i t , fig. 4 .
FOOT-STALKS of the Purification • fimple, (fome-
times two proceed from the fafne ftalk) generally
longer than the ftalks, upright, and of
a reddifh colour', fig< 2.
'■ CAPSULE . or A ntliera cylindrical, incurvated, if
magnified appearing fomewhat fhiated; firft
,green, then livid-brown, “audlaftly of a reddifh
brown colour ; jig. 3, the bottom of the Operculum
hemispherical a'nd fed,- the top paler,
very flender and rather blunt; figs 5, the'
Mouth of the Capfule furnifhed with Cil i .e
which bend inward,^. 7 } the A nnulus of
R ing red,7%, 6 ; the PolCen or Seed green,
fig. 8. . ,
CAL YPTRA of a pale brown colour, and terminating
in a long point, firft upright, afterwards by the
bending of the Capfule it becomes burl at bottom,
and remains ftrait, with its bale at fome
little diftance from the Capfule.
T h i s fp e c ie s o f B R t t /K f is o n e o f t h e l a r g e ! we h a v e in t h i s Country, i t p r o d u c e s i t s fiunification fron*
lltmmher t o February a n d m a y b e fo u n d in m o d o f t h e w o o d s n e a r T o w n , ..as w e l l a s o n t h e h e a th s , b u t
more p a r t i c u l a r l y in Charlton Wood\ w h e r e i t a b o u n d s .
As all its parts of fructification are large and diftinft, the botanic Student who wotild inveligate this difficult
cla£$ of plants, cannot with this view, iele<ft any mofs more proper for his purpofe.