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BRYUM affine.
Large Thyme-leaved Thread Moss.
CR YPTOGAMIA Musci.
G e n . C h a r . Fruitstalks terminal. Peristome double;
outer of 16 teeth; inner peristome a membrane
cut into 16 equal segments, and usually with in termediate
filiform processes. Calyptra dimidiate.
S p e c . C h a r . Stems elongated. Leaves broadly elliptical,
pointed, denticulated, with thickened margins,
the nerve discontinued below the apex.
Capsule ovate-oblong, cernuous; lid hemispherical,
apiculate.
S y n . B. affine. Brid. Meth. Muse. 119. Am. Disp.
Meth. des Mousses, 45.
Mnium affine. Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1.704. Schwcegr.
Suppl. 1. P .2 . 134. Mart. Bland, ex. n. 133.
FI. Crypt. Erlang. 68. t. 2. ƒ. 1. Funck. Deutschl.
Moose, t. 33. n. 12. Dill. Muse. t. 53. ƒ. 79. M.
(vide Muse. Brit. ed. 2. 210.)
A n inhabitant of shady banks, in a sandy soil, seldom
seen with fructification. Our specimen was found near
Over, in Cheshire: it has also been gathered by F. K. Eagle,
Esq. in a fir plantation at Mildenhall, Suffolk, “ bearing
fruit only in the deepest recesses of the wood, where it is
much eaten by hares and rabbits.”
Barren shoots creeping, with broadly elliptical leaves,
narrow and rounded at the base, their small mucro-like
points [very much recurved. Stem two inches long, its