772 CRYPTOGAMIA,. MEL: Fontinalis. 
ater Water-mass. Upon rocks and roots of trees, i 
ak rivulets, slow He. and ae P, June —Sept,* 
mrnor fF, eens terminating : leaves egg-shaped, as con- 
: pointing three ways; always in p 
Dill. 33. 2~E. bot. 557. 
Leaves doubled pupetct and keeled, on the thicker branches 
in pairs. Linn. 4 inches long, i in rapid streams half a 
and blunter than in the F. sheaths ILL. 
Lesser Water-moss. Banks e Thames on the walls of 
Lambeth Palace, and on the wd of the Isis at Oxford, Dutt. 
. Aug—Oct. 
squamo’sa. F, Capsules lateral : leaves tiled ; awl-spear-shaped. 
Dicks. be s.-Hedwig. stirp. tiie 12-Dill, 33. 3-F. B. ili. 
718.3 
Leaves sometimes spear-shaped, pointed. Very nearly allied 
to F, antipyretica. Hume. Capsules e g-sha ed, sitting. ECK» 
more branched ; £ to 6 inches long. Leaves long " spear-shape ’ 
pany embracing the stem, so slender as to appear awl-shaped to 
the naked eye. Hepwic. Shoot 4 to 12 ening long, branched, 
floating in the direction of the stream, slender, black, bare neat 
the root. Leaves‘dark green, smooth, shining, black when dry- 
Branches 3-sided. Capsules on the. side of the branches steers 
The 
egg-thaped, 1 immersed in a involucrum. Diu. 
e stems seeing their leaves resemble horse-hairs matted 
ae Mr. Srackuouse. e capsules are usually produced 
on the shoets of the apicading year, or on ae still older branch- 
es; never on the young shoots. Mr. Grir 
Scaly Water-moss, Mountain civaleta.4 in ; Wak the north of 
England and Scotland, {In the rivulet by the old eg neat 
Llanberris. Mr. Grirrira, - Rivulets near. Penzance. Mr- 
STackHovsE. | P, June—Oct. 
penna’ta, F, Capsules lateral: leaves pointing 2 ways ; expanding: 
Hedwig. stirp. iii. 19-Vaill. 27. 4-Hall. enum. 3,2, at P 
109, bist. 46. 2, at iii. p. 56-Dill. 32. Q-—Schmid. 58. 2 
* The Scania line the inside of their chimnies with this to 
end them against the fire, for, contiary to the nature of all other moss 
this is hardly capable at burning. 
