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SPHAGNUM 1* Tomentofum ramulis fimplicibus, Joliolis angujlis fefnU 



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comas. 



The downy Mofs with fimple branches and fliarp femiconic leaves* 



This little plant rifes about two or three inches from the ground : its branches are 

 generally very fimple, and furnifhed, as well as the ftalk, with a foft down between the 

 leaves. 



SPHAGNUM 2. Minus ; e viridi jufcum craffiufiulum, ramofum & im- \ 



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bricatutn. 







The dark branched Sphagnum with fhort imbricated leaves. 



SPHAGNUM 3 . Ere 51 urn, fefquipolicare & ramofum, foliolis conicis ex 



cavatis patentibus & oblique^ attenuaiis. ' 



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The {mail erect and branched Sphagnum with hollow 



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SPHAGNUM 4: TenuiJJimum repens, foliolis nitidis, cordato-ovatis, am- 



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plexantibus. 





The fmall creeping Sphagnum with fhining oval leaves. 



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SPHAGNUM 5 . Scan dens diffufum, foliolis cordato-acuminatis rario 



Mufcus 



ribus ample x ant i bus. 

 Ramofus repens plumeri "Plum, dejilicibus Amerhanis. 



The fpreading climbing mofs with pointed leaves. 





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SPHAGNUM 6. Fibratum repens, ramulis Jimplicibus minimis affurgen 



tibus, foliolis oblongis crifpis diftiche Jitis. 





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The fibred creeping Sphagnum with fmall fimple branches 



SPHAGNUM -7. Tenue aquaticum, fiiberettum, ran 



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ibus aproximatis & imb 



ojum, foliolis mi 



An, Mufcus Terrejlris minor repens, &c. Slo. Cat. 12. & Hift. t. 2C. f. 1 



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The {lender aquatic Sphagnum with imbricated leaves. 



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SPHAGNUM 8. Reclinatum ramofum longius & tenue ; foliolis rar tor ibus 



oblongis ciliatis 



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The fpreading {lender Sphagnum with oblong ciliated leaves. 



.LYCOPODIUM Ramofum ere&um maximum , foliis fetaceis patentibus 



Squamofus, five Lycopodium altifjimum. Plum. T 



Mufcus 



An, Lycopodium Foliis alternis remotis, &c. L. Sp. pi 



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The larger Club-mofs 



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claw 





This large mofly plant is frequent in all the mountainous and fhady parts of Ja- 



maica ; it throws out a good many ftrong branches, and rifes commonly from one, 

 to three or four feet; but is apt to lodge when it grows fo luxuriantly, and then 



ihoots many fmaller roots from every part of the trunk, and branches that lies 

 contiguous to the ground. 



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