712 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



Swan's Neck Mnium. Jnglis. 



In woods and moift fhady places. V- 



The fialks are from one to two inches high, ge- 

 nerally fimplc, but fornetimcs fliooting out ten- 

 der red branches, which, magnihed, appear like 

 the young twigs of a willow. The roots arc 

 covered with a rufty down. The leaves are i-6th 

 of ?.n inch long, lanceolate, aciitcs pellucid, di- 

 vided by a nerve, and appear finely fcrrated on 

 the edges, if vlew'd thro' z magnifier. 



The filament is ^\'on\ one to two- inches long, of a, 

 Alining tawny colour, rnd arifes out of the fum- 

 mJt of the ftalk •, at firfb ered, but afterwiards 

 curved like a fwan's neck. The anthera is oval 

 and pendulous, at firft green, but rcddifli when 

 ripe. The operculum is Ihorr, obtufe and whitiili. 

 T he rim of the anthera cili.ited. 



Some of the ftalks are terminated with a ftellated 

 cup, furrounding a red granulated difc, which is 

 the origin of a future fhoot. 



This mofs may be readily diftinguifhed from the 

 preceding by its fize, and the ferratures on the 

 edges of the leaves. 



irudum S. MNIUM antheris pendulis, calyptra .recurvata, 

 tbliis pellucidis. Sp» pi. iGy6. (^Billen. mujc. t. 51. 

 /. 70.3 

 i ender fpear-Ieav'd Mnium. 

 in woods and moift Hiady places ]in the lowlands. 

 ^r. Burgejs, V. ' 



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