GY MNOSTOMUM paucifolium.
Few-leaved Beardless-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, without a fringe. L id deciduous.
Veil separating entire from the base.
Sfec. Char. Stem short and quite simple. Leaves linear
lanceolate, bluntish, beardless, single-ribbed,
entire. Capsule slightly ovate.
Syn. Bryum paucifolium. Dicks. Crypt, fasc. 4.
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1VIR. EAGLE communicated these specimens to Mr. Turner
as the indubitable Bryum paucifolium of Mr. Dickson, found on
ruinous brick walls, near Wetherby, Yorkshire, and given him by
its discoverer, with whose own description, and with the drawing-
made originally by Mr. Sowerby from his specimens, it precisely
Agrees ; except, that the Capsule is not “ toothed,” but naked at
the mouth. This synonym therefore must be erased from Di-
cram/fn cylindricum, FI. Brit. 1221, which, on the authority of
Mr. Turner’s herbarium, was believed to be Mr. Dickson’s plant;
and we presume the said Dicranum is to be struck out of the
British list.
The present moss is very distinct from all the short simple-
stemined kinds of Gymnostomum hitherto described. The leaves
are linear-lanceolate, somewhat revolute, bluntish, with a strong
mid-rib, but no capillary point, and spread moderately in every
direction. Fruitstalk terminal, solitary, yellowish. Capsule oblong,
slightly ovate, obscurely striated; sometimes contracted
just under the orifice. Lid beaked. Veil awlshaped, slender,
smooth. The whole plant scarcely exceeds the height of half an
inch.