BARTRAMIA crispa.
Frizzled Bartramia.
CR YPTOGAMIA Musa.
G en. Char. Capsule spherical, at length furrowed.
Outer f r in g e of 16 tapering teeth ; inner a plaited
membrane.
S pec. Char. F ru it-s ta lk s e re c t, lo n g e r th a n th e stem s.
L e a v e s se ta c eo u s, b ro a d a t th e b a se , c u rle d w h en
d ry . C a p su le som ew h a t o b liq u e . L id o b tu se ly
con ica l.
Syn. B a rtram ia crisp a . Swartz. Muse. Suec. 73.
Turn, in Ann. o f B o t. v . 1 . 5 2 7 .
O u r sp e c im en s o f th is m o ss we re se n t b y M r . W in c h from
N o rth um b e rla n d . I t is a ve ry re c e n t a cq u isitio n to th e B ritish
■ F lo ra , h a v in g been discovered b y th a t g e n tlem a n in H e a ly -
field, a n d , in com p a n y w ith M r . R ich a rd W a u g h , in A len d a le
a n d C h e v io t in th a t c o u n ty . M r . T u rn e r, in th e valuable
periodical p u b lic a tio n o f D r . S im s a n d M r . K o n ig above
q u o te d , h a s fu lly described i t , an d c le arly e stab lish ed it as a
d is tin c t species from th e m o re c om m o n B . pomiformis, figured
in v , 14 . t . 998.
T h e stem s fo rm tu fts , vary in h e ig h t from h a lf a n in c h to
2 o r 3 in c h e s, a n d are b u t little b ra n ch e d . Leaves pale gre en ,
dila ted a t th e ir b a se , 'th e n su d d e n ly c o n tra c te d in to a tap e rin g
o r aw l-sh ap e d fo rm , n a rrow e r th a n th o se o f B . pomiformis,
se rra te d , a n d fu rn ish e d w ith a s tro n g rib . W h e n d ry th ey
b e com e m u c h cu rled an d c o n to rte d . F ru it-s ta lk s risin g above,
i h e stem s , n o t a n in c h lo n g , taw n y o r ye llow, sh in in g .
C ap su le s o b liq u e , a t first g lo b o se , th e n som ew h a t o b lo n g an d
fu rrow e d . L id o b tu se ly c o n ic a l, ra th e r m o re p rom in e n t th a n
in th e a b o v e -n am e d spe c ie s. O u te r frin g e b rig h t red.