748 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 



which, at their extremities, grow diftichous, 

 compreiTed, and taper *, and the operculum has a 

 long, acute point. See Dillen. miifc. t.^'^ f. 30. 

 ^/. 38./. 31. : 



This is made a diftin6t fpecies by Raller in his h'lft, ; 

 Helvei-. n, 1731, and by Weis in his Plantn Cryp- 

 togamica^ p. 225; which laft author terms it 

 HYPNUMn//a/<7mf. ; 



It grows at the roots of trees, and in damp places * 

 by river fides, and often produces globular, fel'- : 

 file, fcaly gems. ; 



*** Sur cutis "pennatis. { 



jiHcinum II HYPNUM furculis pennatls, ramulis dlflantibus, : 

 foliolis imbricatis incurvis acutis fecundis. Sp, 

 ^l. 1590. {Vail, Paris, t. 1^. f. 9. Dillen, mujc, 

 t. ^e.f. ig.opL) 

 Bog Fern-Hypnum. Anglis. 



In bogs and fprings, and about cafcades. III. ' 



The ilalk varies from three to fix inches in height, \ 

 fometimes proftrate, but ofcen. eredl, generally ■ 

 pinnated with fimple regular diftant branches, 

 placed at right angles with the middle rib, longeft 

 in the middle, and fhortcft at the two extremi- ; 

 ties of the ftalk. Tlie leaves are yellowifh^grecn, 

 clofely imbricated, narrow, falcated, curled, and 

 their points all bent downwards. The rib to j 

 which they are annexed is firm, thick, and red- ! 

 difli. Sometimes the principal ftalk is branched, ; 

 or doubly pinnated. 



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