BRYUM liOgulatum.
Long-leavecl Thyme Thread-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
G e n . C h a r . Caps, ovate-oblong, smooth. Fringe
double: outer, of 16 teeth, broad at their base;
inner a toothed membrane. Flowers terminal.
S p e c . C h a r . Stems simple, at length branched at the
summit. Leaves oblong, undulated, serrated. Fruit-
stalks clustered.
S y n . Bryum ligulatum. Schreb. Libs. 84. Sm. FI
Brit. 1371 .
B, undulatum. Sibth. 292. Turn. Muse. Hib. 133.
B. dendroides polycephalon, phyllitidis folio undulato
pellucido, capsulis ovatis pendulis. Bill. j\lusc. 410
• t. 52. f . 76.
B. nitidum, foliis oblongis undatis, capitulis cernuis,
arbusculam referens. Rail Syn. 103.
Mnium undulatum. Hedw. Sp. Muse, 195. With. 806.
Hull. 250. Relh. 420. Abbot. 235.
M. serpyllifolium $. Sj£ P I . 1,573.
T h i s ve ry e leg an t Bryum, is o f freq u e n t o c cu rren c e in damp
sh ad y plac es, b e a rin g fru it, th o u g h ra re ly , in th e sp rin g . O u r
sp e c im en s we re g a th e red a t Sw a in sth o rp e n e a r N o rw ic h by
M r . S to n e , an d in th e w e st b y M r . D illw y n .
T h e stem s fo rm as it we re a g rove o f fa iry p a lm -tre e s,
b ra n c h in g co p io u sly jn a ve ry g ra ce fu l m a n n e r w h e re th ey
b e a r e ith e r m a le o r fema le flowers. T h e ro o ts are c reeping
a n d p e re n n ia l, sh ag g y w ith b la c k wo o lly fibres. Leaves a lte rn
a te , lin e a r-o b lo n g , o b tu se , waved, sh a rp ly se rra ted , h av in g
a s tro n g red rib . T h e y are d e lic ate an d p e llu c id , d ry in g and
lo sin g th e ir b e au ty very soon a fte r g a th e rin g . F ru it-s ta lk s
te rm in a l, re d , m a n y to g e th e r. C apsules p e n d e n t, red , sh o rt
a n d th ic k .
W e g re atly p re fe r th e n am e ligu latum to undulatum, because
th e la tte r h a s b e en applied to a n o th e r Lijmaean B ryum .