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B R Y U M hygrometricum.
Yellow twifling Bryum.
CRY P T OGAM I A Mufti.
G en. Char. Cap/, w ith a lid . Feil fm o o th . Flower-
Jlalk f rom a te rm in a l tu b e r c le .
Spe c ! Char. S tem n o n e . C a p fu le d r o o p in g , p e a r -
fh a p e d . V e il o b liq u e , a n g u la r , w ith a f le n d e r
b e a k . L e a v e s o v a te , c o lle c te d to g e th e r a t th e ir
p o in ts .
Syn. B ry um h y g rom e tr ic um . Hudf. FI. An. 48 8.
M n iu m h y g rom e tr ic um . Linn. Sp. PI. 1 5 7 5 . With.
Bot. Arr. v. 3 . 86. Relh. Cant. 3 9 9 .
Funaria hygrometrica. Sibth. Ox. 2,8 8 .
B ry um a u r e um , c a p itu lis re flex is p irifo rm ib u s , c a ly p -
t r a q u a d r a n g u la r i, foliis in b u lb i fo rm am c o n g e ftis .
Rail Syn. 1 0 1 .
B . b u lb ifo rm e a u r e um , c a ly p tr a q u a d r a n g u la r i, c a p -
fu lis p irifo rm ib u s n u ta n tib u s . Dill. Mufc. 4 0 7 . t.
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K X T R E M E L Y com m o n o n m o ift g a rd en walks a n d n e -
gleCted flow e r-p o ts, w a fte g ro u n d , h e a th s, &c. p ro d u c in g its
capfules in th e fp rin g a n d early p a rt o f fum m e r ab u n d an tly .
R o o ts lo n g , Ample, down y . S tem n o n e , or very fh o rt,
b e a rin g a few b ro a d , ovate, e n tire , a c u te , p e llu c id leaves,
fo cu rv ed in a n d co lle c ted to g e th e r by th e ir p o in ts as to
fo rm a little b a ll, o r b u lb as it w e re , acco rd in g to D ille n iu s’s
d e fin itio n . S ta lk lo n g , fimple, u p rig h t, y e llow , th e n p u rp le ,
its fum m it in cu rv ed and b e a rin g a pe ar-lh ap ed obliquely p e n d
e n t capfule, w h ic h is g re en w h en u n rip e , w ith a yellowifh
b lu n t lid , a n d en fo ld ed in a lo n g , flende r, fh a rp -p o in ted veil
w ith fevera l angles (n o t always ex ac tly fo u r), th e low e r p a rt
o f w h ic h b e com in g ftre tc h e d by th e fwe llin g c ap fu le , th e
p o in t is b e n t to o n e fide, an d foon a fte rw a rd s th e veil falls
to th e g ro u n d . T h e capfule tu rn s yellow in rip e n in g •, b row n
■and ru gofe in de cay, d ifch a rg in g g re a t p le n ty o f a n impa lpable
p a le b row n p ow d e r, w h ic h is th e feed.
L in n te u s in h is Flora Suction rig h tly a fle rts, th a t if th e low e r
h a lf o f th e ftalk be m o iften ed , th e capfule tu rn s one way, a n d
i f th e u p p e r h a lf (n o t as e rroneoufly tran fla ted in the Bot. Arr.
th e head, o r c ap fu le) receives th e m o iftu re , it tu rn s in a con-4
trary direction.