leaves elliptical, suddenly acuminated, spreading, light
green, reticulated, the nerve discontinued just below the
small acute point, which is very much recurved. Fruit-
stalks several together, two inches long. Capsules oblong,
cernuous, pale reddish brown, covered with a glaucous
bloom.
Three times as large as Bryurn cuspidatum, and distinguishable
from that species by its apiculate lid, by the
abbreviated nerve, the elliptical shape and sudden acumi-
nation of its leaves, and by its oblong narrow capsules and
aggregate fruitstalks. Fruit ripe in April.
The synonyms have been kindly furnished by Professor
Hooker.—W. W.
