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BRYUM trichodes.
Long Capillary Thread-moss,
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char, Fringe double: outer of 16 teeth, broad
at their base: inner a toothed membrane. Flowers
terminal. 6a/),sw/eovate-oblong,smooth, /'«/smooth.
Spec. Char. S tem b u t little b r a n c h e d . L e av es lin e ar,
o b tu se . C a p su le o b o v a te , in c u rv e d , in c lin in g .
F ru it-s ta lk v e ry lo n g .
Syn. B ry um trichodes. Linn. Sp. PL 1 5 8 5 . Sm,
FI. B r it. 1350. Dicks. Crypt, fa s c . 2. 7 . II. Sicc,
fa s c . 3. 21. Hull. 263.
B . trichodes aureum, capsulis incurvis obtusis in
setis longis. D ill. Muse. 389. f. 4 9 . ƒ 58,
M n ium u lig in o sum . W ith . 800.
M e e sia u lig in o sa. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 173. Crypt, v. 1.1.
t. 1, 2 .
T h i s moss, to which Hedwig has devoted the 2 first plates
of his great work, is remarkable for having longer fruit-stalks,
in proportion to its size, than any other found in Britain,
though in that respect it must yield to the exotic Meesia lon-
giseta of the same author. Mr. Dickson found it on bogs in
Scotland. Mr. Winch sent our specimens from Northumberland.
It bears fruit in June and July, and is perennial.
The stems are seldom an inch high, erect, simple or divided,
red when young, black and rusty when old. Leaves nearly
upright, of a full yellowish shining green, linear, narrow,
obtuse, entire, with a strong coloured rib. Fruit-stalk terminal,
capillary, red, paler upwards. Capsule obovate, obtuse,
curved and inclining, with a short base most evident in an advanced
state of growth. Lid conical, obtuse, very short.
Veil straight, slender. Outer fringe short: inner reticulated.