d iph y sc ium fo l io sum . l e a f y d ip h y s c iu m .
DIPHYSCIUM foliosum. Mohr Obsero. Bot. p. 34. Mohr FI. Crypt. Germ. p . 377. (tab. X L
ƒ 1. perist.) Voit Hist. Muse. Frond. Herb, p, 229.
HYMENOPOGON heterophyllum. Pal. de Beam. Prodr. d'TEtheogam. p. 60.
BUXBAUMIA foliosa, acaulis, capsula subsessili, foliis lineari-lanceolatis. Smith Fl. B r it. m l 3
p. 1148.
BUXBAUMIA foliosa. Linn. Syst. Beget, p . 945. Linn. Fil. Meth. Muse. p. 3 5 .1. 1 .ƒ . 4. Hedzv.
Sp. Muse. p. 166. Weber Spicil. Fl. Goet. p . 128. Swartz Muse. Suec. p . 74.
With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. ml. 3. p . 774. ed. 5. ml. 3. p. 970. Engl. Bot. t. 329.
Dicks, Hort. Sice. fasc. 2. n. 20. Hull B r. Bot. p . 276. Hoffm. Germ. ml. 2.
p. 22. Roth Germ, ml, 1. p. 482. m l 2. p . 344. Timm. Prodr. Fl. Megap.
n. 859. Willd, Prodr. Fl. Berol. n. 979■ Michdux Fl. Bor. Am. ml. 2. p. 301.
Turn. Muse. Hib. Spic. p. 104. Lamarck Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 2. p . 513. Lam. Fl.
Gall. Syn. p. 106. Lam. Lllustr. t. 872. f . 2. Lam. Diet. Suppl. ml. 1. p. 753.
Brid. Recent, ml, 4. p. 150. Wade P i. Far. Hib, p. 97.
BUXBAUMIA sessilis. Schmid. Diss. de Buxb, p . 26. t. 1. f . 1— 14. Hedw. Fund. Muse. ml. 2.
p. 40. t. 9. f . 51. Hedzb. Theor. ed. 1. t. -10; ƒ . 23—31. eift. 1 1 . f . 32—34.
WEBERA Diphyscium. Ehrhart Beitr. Brand. 1. p. 177 et 189.
PHASCUM Hallerianum. Poll. Pal. n. 974.
BRYUM Phascoides. Jacq, Coll, ml, 2. p. 220.
PHASCUM montanum. Huds. Angl. p. 466.
PHASCUM maximum. Lightf, Scot. p. 693.
PHASCUM Halleri. Mill. Frid. p. 196. Act. Holm, an, 1764, p. 29, (cum Ic.) •
BRYUM Hallerianum. Neck. Meth. Muse. p. 233.
SPHAGNUM sessile, foliis radical]bus obtusis; centralibus ciliatis. Hall. Helv. n. 1725. t. 46. f 3.
SPHAGNUM acaulon-maximum, foliis in centro ciliatis. Dill. Hist. Muse. 0. 282. t 32 f \3
PHASCUM. Oed. Dan. t. 249. ƒ 3. 1 J f..-.-«-
Class a n d Ord e r . CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI.
[Natural Ord er. MUSCI, Juss. Decandolle. CRYPTOGAMÆ CALYPTRATÆ D iv A
OPERCULATÆ, Mohr.] ?
Gen. Char. Perist. simplex; membrana conoidea, plicata. Calyptra mitræformis. (Capsula obliqua,
Plantje gregariæ, dense cSspitosæ.
Radix parva, tomentoso-fibrillosa, fusca.
CauliS subnullus.
Folia in rosulam congests, pâucà, parva, subpatentia
vel sæpe recurva, inferiora ligulata, superiora li-
neari-oblonga, utraque obtusa, undulata, paulu-
lum carinata, margine omnino integerrima, nervo
yalido distincto cöncolore sub apicem evanescente
instructa ; siccitate crispa. Substantia crassiüs-
cula, opaca; color obscure luteo-viridis.
Folia Perichjetialia, ut'bene habet Dillenius, glu--'
mas ffimulantia, pro.rätione plantte magna, nu-
mèrosa, erecta, capsiilam superantia et fere tegen
tia, lanceolato-obloriga, acuminata, parum
convexa, apicem versus margine insigniter laci-
mato vel potius lacerata, nervo rigido fusco longtim
e excedente, et ubi excedit serrulato instruct.
Foliorum horum substantia rigidiüsculä,
attämen niembranäcea;' color fusco-flavescens.
I A -----iciiniuaiis. i^ a e a w .)
s Antiieræ minutæ, cÿlindraceæ, filis brevibus artici
I latis immixtis. (Hedw,)
I, terminalis.
eta breyissima, cylindracea, lævis, pallida, perichæti
olioso immersa, et basi pistillis nonnullis obsita.
I Capsdla foliis perichoetialibus undique tecta, Cannabi
semmis magnitudinis, ovata, obliqua, supra pa
rum depressa sed basin versus gibbdsa, subtu
ventneosa. Substantia vel in matura mollis
coiov navescens, hinc rübedine tincta.
I Calïptm integra, mitraformis, pallide fusca, conica
pice m acumen longiusculum intense fuscun
i x producta.
I ^soens1 con^co'acum‘na^uin) rectum, fusco-rufe
simPles'm e m b r a n a c e u m , a]
’ C^.num dfformàns plicatum, striatum; sic- ■ c .,r Cltatç subtortuosum.
| ° gmina minuta, flavo-fusca..
1 P lants growing crowded together, thickly emspitose.'
Root small, between tomentose and fibrillose, brown.
Stem scarcely any.
L eaves collected together in a rose-like head, few, small,
subpatent or often recurved, the inferior ones li-
gulate, the superior linear-oblong, in both obtuse,
undulate, a little carinate, with the margin altogether
entire, furnished with a strong distinct
nerve of the same colour as the leaf, and disappearing
a little below the apex; when dry crisped.
The substance is rather thick, opaque; the colour
obscure yellow-green.
P ericiije t ia l Leaves, as Dillenius has well observed,
resembling the glumes of grasses, large for so
small a plant, numerous, erect, exceeding the
length o f the capsule, and almost covering it, ob-
longo-lanceolate, acuminate, a little convex, towards
the apex having the margin remarkably la-
ciniate or rather lacerate; it has a strong, rigid,
brown nerve, much exceeding the length of the
leaf, and is there serrulate. The substance of
these leaves is rigid, yet membranaceous; the
colour yellow-brown.
Fructification dioicous. (Hedw.)
Ma le discoid, terminal. (Hedw.)
Anthers minute, cylindrical, intermixed with short
articulated filaments.
Fem. terminal.
Fru it-Stalk very short, cylindrical, smooth, pale, immersed
in the leafy perichtetium, and producing
at the base a few pistils.
Capsule covered on all sides with perichmtial leaves,
of th.e size of a grain of Hemp, ovate, oblique,
above a little depressed, but towards the base
gibbose, beneath ventricose. Substance, even in
a ripe state, soft; the colour yellowish, on one
side reddish.
Calyptra entire, mitraTorm, pale brown, conical, at
the apex lengthened out into a rather long, deep
bi own point.
Operculum conical, acuminate, straight, reddish brown.
Peristome simple, delicate, membranaceous, white,
forming a plicate cone, striated: when dry somewhat
twisted.. ,
Seeds minute, yellow-brown.