[f. Gr. βρύον ‘a kind of mossy sea-weed,’ taken in modern science as = ‘moss’ + -λογία discourse: see -LOGY.] That branch of botany that treats of mosses. Also used for the species of mosses (collectively) of any country or place. Hence Bryological a., -ally adv.
1863. Berkeley, Brit. Mosses, vii. 34. Comparing the Bryology of the British Isles with that of Europe.
1881. Nature, No. 616. 376. On the bryology of the valleys of the rivers Secchio and Magra.
