BRYUM Limed Gen. PL Cryptogam, a M u s e .
RaiiSyn. Gen. 3. Musci.
BRYUM truncatulum antheris ere&is ■ '1
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CAULES fimphees, breViffimi;Tineas tres raro rubet 0 STAT Ft; r i rantesi caefpitofi, Jig. , , 6. P I S T A L K S fimple, very (hort, feldom exceeding three
m T T , , ■ I lines/ growing m tufts, fig. , g.. s uree
F O L IA ovato-lanceolata, mucronata, Jig. ,.o fplen- f L P A V F S t i
dent,a, cannata. fuperiora miforafin ftel- f LEAVES ovaI. lanceolate, terminating in a point
lulam expanfir. J $ # - - 1 3 . <hm,Dg, with a projeling mfdr b
? £ ° r* ,on the tol? ° f the llalk iargeV with a
= ’ iiar-Iike expanfibh . ' 6 * n a
F E D U N C U LI fimplices, fubinde, bini, trium qua- I PED U N C LES fi , r
tuorve lmearum, purpurafeentes. 9 I UUACLES fimple, fometimes growing two tone
% ‘ erV „ ™ or four lines in length o f a
K u ' ■ . . y • purphlh colour. - “ » •» 01 *
C A L Y P T R A pallida, obliqua, acuminata, Jig. 7, 8 | C A L Y P T R A 1
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O PER C U LUM primo rollratum, obliquum, delapfa ? O P E R C U LU M V f in ,
calyptra contrahitur erefitumque evadit ,fig. J l tu e h H T S 3 beaIt> Pinned ob-
W f f l I M OD lhf H on the falling off of
I ^ yP£a beConimS ft°rter and upright,
CAPSULA primoovata, 8, g, flavefeens, denium ^ CA F su r F , c
truncata;ciliifime deftit,,,..£ f ,E’ atcfirl‘ .ova’> fig- 8, P, of a yellowifh colour,
cut offfi anta ltloyn O fa ratr l reddifi, browna, fta s . it wwecrree
rufa, truncata, annulo ciliifque deftituta- fa 1
11, 12. Y
c a L ° 5 ? . ‘^ ’ “ d deftitute o f >>°th ring and
Plantula microfcop. .aii&. fig.
v The whole plant magnified, fig. 14.
. - Bryum truncatulum is one o f the Ieaft o f bur MnfTec j-n- -n , ,
of ,ts little brown Heads, Which, When the o p e r c u lum t t “ £ ddhngu.fhable at firft fight by the great number
as if cut acrbfs, whence ’its name o f truwa.Mum* ““ " ° ff' have their marSin entire, fo that the^“appeal
It is very c'onmioh almoft every where on banks; producing its l o c a t i o n s from September to February
It varies much in fine, • . euruary,
it HyJo^Solom’onis. fromTfuppotof’ C°Vered with this litt,e plant, calls
from the Cedar m Lebanon to Hyffop whic£ f p L g e ^ u t 0f the S * M When he of ^
B r yum V ir id u l um . G r e e n B r y u m .
BRYUM R M aenthinatis imbricato-patulis. Linncei
E x p l . F ib .
L 2i 3, 4, Plant® nat. magnitude
Rig- "----- 5> 7» Plant® aufl.
Wjjk, ‘ Folium au£L
Rig- 9, 10, Capful® cum Calyptra.
Fig. --------- 8, Calyptra feorfim exhibita.
E x p l a n , o f F ig .
Rig' h 2j 3, 4, Plants o f their natural fize.
Rig' 5> 7» Plants magnified.
Rig. - 6, a Leaf magnified.
Rig- 9, 10, .11, Capfules with the Calyptra. ‘
Mg. . s. Xhe Calyptra exhibited feparately.
C “ and of a'm^re^^ow^ue ^he^^s^r^fre'quentl' b^ “ v cl,ofe foft *»«». -hich are in general
tapillary; the leaves are much finer, be ngSnea lv
greater refemblance to an egg, with the I | 4 A °®>,15 " arrower than the middle, hencelt beats
j rm of an urn. In the viridulum, the mouth is alfo very finely i ?liated!, ” i'rffli“&,'i apProaches more to the
lr|t£lificationrwkh^hT7™ncfiMtoi^UndanCe ° “ the banks f«rrounding Charltm-Wood; and produces its