CRYPTiDGAMIA MUSCI. 705 



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There is a variety of this, the leaves of which, 

 when dry, are curled ; the anther a at firfl of an 

 inverted conical form, afterwards cylindrical i 

 the calyptra yellow, and more hairy. Vail, Paris. 

 t. 27./. 9. Dilten. miifct. S5- f- ii.opi. 



The filaments, or peduncles, are generally fliortefc 

 in thofe fpecimens which grdvv on rocks, and 

 longefl in thofe on trees. 



The hairy Calyptra, though only a finglc one, af- 

 fords fo excellent a charatfler to the young ftu- 

 denr, that we judged it more advifeable to range 

 this mofs under the genus of POLYTllICHUiVr 

 than that of BRYUM, efpecially as we had the 

 countenance oi HudfoUi Scopoli^ and JVeis for fo 

 doing. 



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MNIUM. Got. pL 1193. 

 Antbera operculata. Calyptra tevis. Feni. capitu-- 

 luni nudum pulverulentum remotum. 

 * CapituUs femi'neis nudis. 

 pcUuddum MNIUM caule fimplici, foliis ovatis. Sp.pL i^y^. 

 2. {BiUen. t. 0,1. f 2. Ualler. hijl. n. 1^5 3. /. 45. 



/. 8. bona. Oed- Dan. t. 300.) 

 Pellucid Mnium. Anglis, 

 In moift (hady places, and upon decay'd roots of 



trees. IV. 

 The (talks are red^ fufcous and downy at the root, 

 generally fingle, and about an inch high. The 

 leaves are oval-acute, pellucid, of a Hiining 

 green colour, with entire edges, and a red nerve, 

 Z ii the 



