752 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



cumbent and creeping j alternately pinnated 

 with fine capillary diftind branches, fome of. 

 which are again 'pinnated a fecond time. Th^ 

 leaves are very fmall, triangular, patent, termi- 

 nated with a (liarp point or hair, of a pale green 

 or yellowifh colour, and laxly imbricated in a 

 double alternate feries. 



The peduncles are flender, red, and about an inch 

 high. The capfulcs are of a dark green colour, 

 fhort, oval, tumid, and nodding, fufcous when 

 ripe. The operculum is Iharply pointed, and 

 often recurved. The Cr:lyptra ered, and whitiih 

 green. 



This Hypnum may be readily diftinguifhed by its 

 long trailing pinnated ftalks, and tenuity of its 

 leaves. 



**** Foliis reflexis. 



cupreffifor' HYPNUM furculis fubpinnatis, foliis fecundis rc- 

 ms i6, curvisapice fubulatis. Sp.pl. i^gz. (Fail. Paris, 



t. 27./. 13. hcna Oed. Dan.t. $25- f- ^'' Dillen. 

 mufc. t. Z7'f' 23- <^pt-) 

 Curled Cyprefs Hypnum. Anglis. 

 In woods at the roots of trees frequent. H. 

 The ftalks are from two to four inches long, prof- 

 trate, comprefs'd, and irregularly pinnated or 

 branch'd ; of a Ihining yellow green colour, 

 matted and entangled together. The central 

 nerve is wideft, and the upper branches are often 

 thick, or clubb'd at the extremities j and both 



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