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B U X B A U M I A foliofa.
Leafy Buxbaumia.
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C R Y P T O G A M I A MuJA.
G en. Char. Capfule oblique, membranous on one
fide, gibbous on the other, with a lid. V eil deciduous,
S pec. Char. Stem none. Capfule nearly feflile, fur-
. rounded with leaves.
Syn. Buxbaumia foliofa. Linn. F il, Meth. Mufc. 33. t. 1.
ƒ. 4. With. Bot. A rr, v . 3. 77. Dick/. H . Sicc.
fa fc. 2. 20.
Phalcum mpntanum. Hudf. FI, A n , 466.
P. maximum.- Light/. Scot. 693.
Sphagnum acaulon maximum, foliis in centro cilia-
ribus. D ill. Mufe. 233. t. 32. ƒ 13,
O u r fpecimens o f this rare mofs were gathered by T . F.
Forfter, jun. Efq. in September 1794, on the rocks nearHam-
fil forge (commonly »called Harrifon’s rocfs), and on Eridge
rocks, Suflex, near Tunbridge-Wells.
It grows in little patches on the upright ftone, but each plant
is feparate from the reft, confifting of feveral ereQ. leaves, the
inner ones long-pointed, embracing a folitary nearly feflile capfule,
which is oblique, the top pointing upwards; its orifice is
ciliated with feveral white permanent teeth. Lid conical, with
a little conftriction in the middle. The veil we have not feen.
The obliquity of the capfule forms its moft obvious generic
character.