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BARTRAMIA pomiformis,
Apple Bartramia.
C R Y P T OG A M I A Mufci.
G en. Char. Capfuls fp h e ric a l, a t le n g th fu rrow e d .
Outer fringe o f 16 ta p e r in g te e th ; inner a p la ite d
m em b r a n e .
Spec. Char. F ru it- f la lk s e re d t, lo n g e r th a n th e
item s . L e a v e s aw lih a p e d .
Syn. B a rtram ia p om ifo rm is. Swartz. Act. Holm,
ann. 1 7 9 5 . 268.
B ry um p om ifo rm e . Linn. Sp. PI. 158 0 . ILudf. 4 7 4 .
With. 822. Hull. 259. Relh. Suppl. 3 . i o .
Abbot. 2 4 0 . Dickf. H. Sicc. fafc. 1 0 . 20 .
B . c a p illa c e um , c a p fu lis fphaericis. Dill. Mufc. 339 .
t. 4 4 . ƒ . 1 .
B . tr ic h o id e s v ire fc e n s , e re d tis m a ju fc u lis c a p itu lis
m a lifo rm ib u s . Rail Syn. 9 7 .
T h i s e legant mofs is found h e re an d th e re o n fandy ih ad y
b a n k s , o r in black boggy mould in th e clefts o f rocks, b e a rin g
its g re en ro u n d fru it a b o u t A p ril, w h ic h in th e following m o n th
difcharges th e feeds, b e com in g b row n , m o re o blong, a n d
m a rk e d w ith 16 parallel furrows as in th e pre ced in g . T h e re
c a n b e n o d o u b t o f thefe p lan ts fo rm in g , as H e dw ig obferves,
o n e n a tu ra l g enus ; an d a lth o u g h we a re genera lly lefs dif-
pofed th a n th a t g re a t a u th o r to found o u r g en e ric ch a ra c te rs o f
mofies o n minutiae o f ftruCture in th e in n e r tee th o r m em b ran e
w h ic h clofes th e fru it, we c an n o t b u t follow h im in th is in -
ftan c e , a t th e fame lim e ra th e r d ep en d in g o n th e fp h e ric al
fo rm , an d reg u la r fu rrow s, o f th e capfule as a n obvious and
c e rta in diftinCtion. W e fufpeCt o n e o r two m o re fpecies o f
B a rtram ia m ay be natives o f B rita in .
T h e Items o f B . pomiformis are b ra n ch e d an d fo rm tu fts, b u t
a re m u c h fh o rte r th a n in B . H a lle ria n a ; th e leaves are m o re
fp re ad in g , lan c eo la te , ferrated chiefly towa rds th e p o in t, and
n o t fo fuddenly c o n tra c ted ju f t above th e bafe. F ru it-fta lk s
re d , a t firfi te rm in a l, b u t foon b e com in g axillary, rilin g ereCt,
h ig h above th e Items.