GYMNOSTOMUM &*ruOo;inosum.
Verdigrise Beardless-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci-
Gen. Char. Caps, without a fringe. L id deciduous.
Veil separating entire from the base.
S pec. Char. Stem branched, tufted. Leaves awl-
shaped, keeled, entire. Capsule bell-shaped. Lid
obliquely beaked.
Syn. Gymnostomum seruginosum. Sm. FI. Brit. 1163.
Bryum fasciculatum. Dicks. Orypi. fasc. 3. 3; on
his own authority. Mr. Eagle.
T h e specimens described in FI. Brit, were gathered in
North Wales by Mr. Griffith, and constitute the tallest
tuft in our plate; the lower tuft, with the lid, was gathered
by Mr. Eagle, F.L.S., on a wet rock in the north-west corner
of Yorkshire, in August, 1806.
This moss Mr. Eagle assures us is certainly Mr. Dickson’s
Bryum fasciculatum, which we have referred to Grimmia ver-
ticillata, t. 1258; but it is different from Gymnostomum cur-
virostrum of Hedwig and FI. Brit. 1164.
It grows in moist alpine spots, and is perennial, bearing
fruit in summer. The stems form dense tufts, various in
height, and are erect, branched, clothed ail over with leaves,
whieh are permanent, imbricated, slightly spreading, incurved
by drying, awlshaped, or rather lanceolate, channelled, entire,
bright green with a verdigrise cast, and have a prominent rib.
Fruilstalks erect, capillary, nearly straight, pale brown. Capsule
upright, ovate, or rather bell-shaped, brown, shining,
certainly destitute of a fringe. Lid nearly half as long, awl-
shaped, bent obliquely, red at the base.'