742 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



adiantoides HYPNUM fronde pinnata ramofa crefla, medio 



4* pediinculifera. Sp.pl. J588. {Buxb. cent. 2. /. i. 



/. 4. F/z//. Ptfr;V. /. 28. /, 5. »^//<7r. Billen. mufc. 



Upright Ycw-leav'd Bog Hypnum. Anglis. 



\vi bogs, but not very frequent, as at Achlyne^ near j 

 the head of Locb-Tayy in Breadalbane, &c. Mr. | 

 Stuart, in. IV. j 



The leaves are ered, branched, pinnated, abouc •] 

 two inches high, and fometimcs even four ■ 

 inches -, the pittn^ are plain, lanceolate, and ' 

 often forty pair, or more in number. The pe- 

 duncles arife fingly from the middle of the leaf , 

 (that is neither at the bafe nor the fummit, but ; 

 fomewhere between both) hardly an inch high, ' 

 and of a tawny red colour. The capfules are 

 oval, fufcous, nearly erect at firft, but when ; 

 ripe inclin'd. The operculum is red and pointed j 

 the <:^/y/>/rtf ftraw-colour'd, with a brown tip-, 

 the rim of the prifice ciliated with red hairs. 



dompJana. HYPNUM fronde pinnata ramofa, foliolis imbri- 

 ium 5. catis acytis complicatis compreflis. Sp. pi. 1588. 



(Moris, hijj.f. 15. /- S-f- 5 ^^i^- I^aris, t. i^.f. 

 4. bona. Dillen. mufc. i. 34./. 7. opt.) 

 Flat Ihining feathered Hypnum. Anglis. 

 Upon trunks of trees frequent. III. IV, 

 The leaves lie flat upon each other, and cover the 

 trunks of the trees in broad patches. They vary 

 ^n length from two to four inches, and are pin- 

 nated. 



