CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 753 



have a fingular, flat, chain-like appearance on 

 the upper fide. 



The leaves are oval-lanceblate, convex on the up- 

 per fide, concave on the under, rccUrv'd with 

 all their points downwards, terminated with 3 

 hair, and denfejy imbricated in many ferles. 



"The peduncles arife, without order, out of th^ 

 middle nerve, flender, of a tawny red colour, 

 hardly an inch high. 



Ihe capfLiles are ihorc, cylindriral, ere(5t, or but 

 very (lightly curved, of a pale green colour at 

 firfl, tawny when ripe. The operculum is ihort, 

 conical, and pointed 5 the cmy-ptra ere<5]: arid 

 yellowifh. 



iiuncumii HYPNUM furculis ereaiufculis fubramofis, fo- 

 liis fecundis recurvis fubulatis, ramis recurvatis» 

 % pi. IS92. {Dillen. mufc. t. 37. /. 26.; 



Hooked bog Hypnum. Anglisi 



In bogs and wet paftures. V* 



The ftalks are from two to four inchfes high^ eredj 

 flightly and irregularly branched. 



The leaves arc fubulate, falcated, and all turn 

 one way, crowded at the ends of the ftalk and 

 branches, and reflex'd fo as to form a remarka- 

 ble hook or curl. The colour is a dark 

 green, if it grows in pure water, or out of 

 bogs 5 but in muddy places is yellowilh or red- 

 brown. 



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