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BRYUM cuspidatum.
Pointed-leaved Thyme Thread-moss.
ÇRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. C h a r . Caps, ovate-oblong, smooth. Fringe
double: outer of 16 teeth, broad at their base : inner
a toothed membrane. Flowers terminal.
Spec. Char. Stem simple : when barren procumbent
and somewhat branched. Leaves ovate, serrated.
Capsule ovate. Lid hemisphærical.
Syn, Bryum cuspidatum. Swartz. Muse. Suec. 51,
Sm. FI. B r it. 1368. Hull. 266. Sibth. 291.
B. serpyllifolium y . Huds. 492.
B. pendulum, foliis variis pellucidis, capsulis ovatis.
Dill. Muse. 413. t. 53. f . 79.
Mnium cuspidatum. Hedw. Sp. Muse, 192. t. 45,
ƒ. 5__8. W ith . 804. Relh. 420. Abbot. 234,
M. serpyllifolium /3. Linn. Sp. PI, 1577.
T h i s species is common in shady moist groves, and is not
very unfrequently found with capsules in the spring. We
received it from the Rev. Mr. Dalton.
Its stems are of two hinds. The barren ones are procumbent
and creeping, 2 or 3 inches, or more, in length, sometimes
branched, always leafy. The flowering stems are upright,
simple, only an inch high. The leaves are of a fine
green, transparent, very minutely reticulated, of an ovate
form with a sharp point, a little waved, and sharply serrated.
Nerve strong, palish. Fruit-stalk solitary, erect,rose-coloured,
a little zigzag. Capsule pendulous, ovate, rather short and
broad when ripe, at which period it becomes yellow or tawny,
with a blush on one side, and a red mouth. Lid convex,
blunt. Fringe yellowish.