GYMNOSTOMUM ciliatum.
Branched Hoary Beardlefs-mofs.
CRYPTOGAMIA Mufci*
G en. Char. Cap/, without a fringe. L i d deciduous.
Veil feparating entire from the bafe.
S pec. Char. Stem much branched, fpreading. Leaves
ovate, without rib or nerve, pellucid at the point.
Capfule bell-fhaped,-nearly feffile.
Syn . Gymnoftomum ciliatum. Sw a r t z . M u ß . Suec. 19.
R oth. Germ. v . 3. 129.
Hedwigia ciliata. H edw. Crypt, v . 1, ^07. t. 4 0 .
Bryum apocarpum ß . Linn. Sp. P I . 1579. B u d f. 4 7 4 .
W i th . 809.
Fontinalis albicans. Hidh. 275.
Phafcum piliferum. W ith . 786 !
Sphagnum nodofum, hirfutum et ineanum. B ill.
M u ß . 246. t. 32. ƒ. 3.
S. cauliferuiT) et ramofum faxatile hirfutum ineanum,
capitulis virentibus. Rati Syn. 105.
O T H IN G can more plainly (hew th e neceflity o f a tten d in
g to th e H edw ig ian chara cte rs o f mofles th an th e miftake
o f former botanifts in c o n fo u n d in g this w ith Grimmia apo-
carpa, fte t. 1 1 3 4 ; and we now on th orough conviction adopt
h is principles, fo far at leaff as th ey accord with N a tu re .
W h e n they feem to us too a rb itra ry , as refpeCting th e lituation
o f th e male flowers, or too m in u te , as when they refine too
m u ch on th e ftruCture o f th e in n e r fringe in Bryum and
Hypnum, we have reeourfe to o u r own ju d gm e n t an d th e 'Lin-
naean principles o f n a tu ra l genera .
T h e mofs before us grows on g re at {tones in m o u n ta in o u s
co u n trie s. W e have received I t from M r. H a rrin ia n and
M r T u rn er,- alfo from feveral friends in S cotland. I t varies
m u ch in fize, q u a n tity o f b ran ch e s, and length o f th e tranfpa-
re n t p o in t o f th e leaves. T h e fiems form denfe tufts. I eaves
e n tire , pale gre en , w ith o u t a rib . Capfules feffile at the end
of each little b ra n c h , folitary, roundifb, red, with a naked
m o u th , and almoft flat lid , overtopped by th e to rn points o f th e
lu rro u n d in g leaves» *
June 1 J803, B u h lx fln ed l y J e t.3 Sourer*