CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
G en. Char. Caps, oblong. Fringe o f 16 flat, cloven
teeth, a little inflexed.
Spec. Char. Stem branched. Leaves sligh tly curved
to one side, ovato-lanceolate, waved, with a long
serrated point. Fruitstalks several from each
sheath.
S y n . Dicranum undulatum. Schrad. Spied. 5 9 . Sm.
FI. B rit. 1 2 0 3 . Ehrh. Crypt. 2 7 1 . Roth. Germ,
v. 3 . 1 6 7 . Turn. Muse. Hib. 59. Winch, v. 1. 101.
D . polysetum. Swartz. Muse. Suec. 34 and 87. t. 3.
f . 5.
Muscus capillaceus, fo liis pallidis, pedunculis plu-
ribus e communi th eca egredientibus. Buxk
Cent. 2. 8. t. 4 . / . 1.
A l N A T IV E o f a lp in e woods a n d tu r fy bogs, b e a rin g fruit
in J u ly . M r . T em p le to n sent it from Ire la n d , a n d M r. Winch
from D u rh am .
T h is differs from th é com m o n D. scoparium, t. 3 5 4 , somew
h a t, th o u g h n o t m u c h , in size, as also in its p a le r a n d tawny
h u e ; b u t still more m a te ria lly in its leaves b e in g b u t very
s lig h tly c u rv e d to one side , a n d m ore o r less u n d u la te d transv
e rse ly , e sp e c ia lly w h e n d r y , as well as t ip p e d w ith a trian g u lar,
se rra te d o r to o th e d p o in t. T h e fru itsta lk s a re two o r more,
sometimes fo u r, from one comm o n s h e a th . Capsules cylindrical,
c u rv e d , sm o o th . L id b ristle -sh a p e d , ra th e r lo n g e r th a n the
c a p su le .— I n m a n y o f th e se m a rk s th e moss be fore us agrees
w ith D. majus, t. 1409, w h ic h in its smooth a n d cu rv ed leaves
r a th e r re sem b les scoparium. Linnaeus, H e dw ig , H a lle r, Dille-
n iu s , a n d re c e n tly M o h r, h a v e su p p o sed th em all one species,
b u t we c a n s c a rc e ly assent to th is o p in io n .
T h e fru its ta lk s , w h e n so m a n y as seven o r e ig h t grow tog
e th e r, th o u g h a p p a r e n tly p ro c e e d in g from one sh e a th , as
m en tio n ed in FI. jBn7.,wiU b e fo u n d to h a v e two close together.