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This fpecies is very final!, and generally found in {hallow waters where the bottom 

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POLYTRICUM 4. Minus glaucum pedunculo hngiori. 



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The fmall whitifri Mofs with long foot-ftalks to the capfulae 



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pretty fimple, and erect : it grows to about three quarters 





Hch in height, and is always found in the more open and funny parts of the moun 



tains. 



POLYTRICUM 5. Eretium fimplex, fuperne foliolatum, in/erne ft 



dum t folio lis in fetas quafi produft 



The larger ere<9: and fimple Poly tricum with long fetaceous 



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leaves about the top 





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This plant is frequent in the mountains, and rifes generally from an inch and a 

 to two inches or better in height : the foot-ftalks of the feed -vefTels are very 









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POLYTRICUM 6. Tripoli car? fimple a & ere Bum, folio lis 



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The larger Polytricum with fharp pointed leaves 



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This plant is found only in the cooler mountains of Liguanee ; it is furniihed 



leaves equally from the bottom to the top. 



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M N I U M I . EreBum fimplex & quadripolicare, foliis rarioribus, corond 



duplici. 



The large erect Mnium with a double crown. 



This large and beautiful fpecies of mofs rifes by a ample foliated ftalk to the height 

 of three or four inches, and bears a double angular crown or {eed capfule on a fhort 



foot-ftalk at the top. 



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S E L A G O I . Ramofa repens y & radiculofa, fpicillis quadrafis. 



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The branched creeping Selago with /quare fpicilte. 





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SELAGO 2. RamofJJima repens, foliolis cordatis uno verfu ample x ant i bus. 



The branched creeping Selago with the leaves difpofed on one fide. 



SELAGO 3 . Reclinata major ramofa, foliolis carinatis. 



Selago 



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Pk. t. 453. f. 8. 







The larger reclining branched Selago with carinated leaves. 



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SELAGO' 4. Minima repens atque ramoja, foliolis ovatis uno verfu am 



Selago 



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plexantibus. 

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The fmall creeping and branched Selago with oval leaves. 





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All thefe fmall creeping mofles are common every where in Jamaica : they ipread 

 and grow by many roots to all the (haded rocks, and banks. The arangement and 

 difpofition of their leaves diftinguifh them fufficient from all the other forts. 



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