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GRIMMIA apocarpa.
SeJJile Grimmia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Mufci.
G e n . C h a r . Fringe iimple, o f 16 teeth, broadeftat
their bafe. Flowers terminal. Veil cylindrical.
Spec. C h a r . Leayes ovate, pointed : the uppermoft
bearded. Capfule ovate, feffile. Stem much
branched.
Syn. Grimmia apocarpa. Hedw. Sp. Mufc. 7 6 . Crypt,
v. 1 . 10 4 . t. 3 9 . Sibth. 2 7 6 .
Bryum apocarpum. Linn. Sp. PI. 1 5 7 9 , x. Hudf.
4 7 4 , /3. With. 809, var. 1 . Relh. 4 2 4 . Abbot. 236.
Fontinalis apocarpa. Hull. 2 7 4 .
Sphagnum cauliferum et ramofum faxatile hirfutum
virefcens, capitulis obfcure rubris. Rail Syn. 104.
S. fubhirfutum obfcure virens, capfulis rubellis. Dill.
Mufc. 2 4 5 . t. 3 2 . ƒ . 4 .
N o t r a r e u p o n f t o n e s a n d t h e t r u n k s o f t r e e s . T h e b r i g h t
r e d l i d s o f i t s c a p f u l e s r e n d e r i t c o n f p i c u o u s i n t h e f p r i n g
m o n t h s .
T h e f t e m s f o r m l o o f e t u f t s o f v a r i o u s f i z e s , a n d a r e b r a n c h e d
a n d f p r e a d i n g , t h i c k l y c l o t h e d w i t h i m b r i c a t e d , o v a t e , k e e l e d ,
e n t i r e , a c u t e l e a v e s , - o f t e n t i p p e d w i t h a w h i t e p e l l u c i d b r i l t l y
p o i n t ; i n d e e d t h o f e w h i c h f u r r o u n d t h e f r u i t h a v e a l w a y s t h i s
a p p e n d a g e . T h e c a p f u l e s H a n d f o l i t a r y a n d f e f f i l e a t t h e e n d
o f e a c h b r a n c h , a n d a r e o v a t e o r f o m e w h a t c y l i n d r i c a l , f h o r t ,
r e d d i f f i - b r o w n , f m o o t h ( n o t f u r r o w e d ) , c r o w n e d w i t h a b r i g h t
r e d l i d , w h o f e b e a k v a r i e s i n l e n g t h a n d t h i c k n e f s , b u t i s
g e n e r a l l y n e a r l y f t r a i g h t , a n d a l w a y s m u c h f f i o r t e r t h a n t h e
c a p f u l e i t f e l f . F r i n g e o f 16 r e d , e n t i r e , f p r e a d i n g t e e t h , b r o a d
a t t h e b a f e , t a p e r i n g t o a f i n e p o i n t . V e i l r e m a r k a b l y f i n a l ! ,
n o t e x c e e d i n g t h e l i d i n d i m e n f i o n s .
T h e v a r i e t y ft o f L i n n a e u s , w h i c h M r . H u d f o n h a s u n a c c
o u n t a b l y c h o f e n t o m a k e t h e o r i g i n a l f p e c i e s , i s a t o t a l l y
d i f f e r e n t p l a n t , a n d e v e n g e n u s , t h e Gymnoftomum ciliatum o f
l a t e w r i t e r s .
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