CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. ^^^ 



The flalks are filiform, red, branched, eight or 

 ten inches lung, and Hoat with the /^ream. Th€ 

 leaves are ovai-lanceoJate, their fides comprefs'd, 

 and are loofely imbricated in a triple feries. 

 The capfules, or Anthers, arife out of the aU of 

 j the leaves, about the middle and lower part of 



i the ftalk and branches, having w^xy fhort pe- 



duncles, and included within a kM^ jierichati- 

 nm^ or cup, compofed of oval fcales. Thefe 

 anthers are of a cylindrically oval form, havino- 

 a pointed red conical Operculum. The Cdyptra^ 

 j or cap, is conical, and the rim of the Anthem 



I ciliated. 



hinri'fus informs us, that the Swedes cram this 

 mofs between the wood-work in their chimnies, 

 to prevent their taking fire, which induced hitn 

 to give it the name of Antipyretica. 



mimr 2« p, foiiis ovato-lanceolatis trifariis acutis, pailim ge- 

 minis, antheris terminalibus. Sp.-pL 1571. (Dil* 

 kn, mufc. t. 33./. 2 ) 



LefTer Water- mofs. Angsts. 



It grows in the like places with the preceding, and. 

 is nearly related to it, perhaps only a variety. 

 It is about three or four inches long, more 

 branched, the leaves fmaller, more obtufe, con- 

 cave, but not comprefs'd, and more clofely im- 

 bricated. The capfules grow out of the ends 

 of^ the lateral branches, which is the mod ma- 

 terial diftindlon, 



FONTINALIS. 



