754 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



The peduncles are (lender, red, and two Inches 

 high ; the capfuies oval, tumid, fufcous, and 

 a little inclin'd j the operculum fhort, conical, 

 and obtufe. 



fcorpioides HYPNUM ramis vagis procumbentibus recurvis 

 ^8. foliis fecundis acuminatis. Sp. pi. 15^2. Billen. 



mufc. t. 7,1. f. 25. 



Great Scorpion creeping bog Hypnum. Anglis. 



In bogs and marlhes, but not very common. We 

 obierved it in the bogs at Coriattachan^ in Strath 

 Swardie^ in the iQe of Skye. 



This iDofs is three or four inches long, procum- 

 bent, and irregularly branched. The branches 

 are thick, fufcous, convex, hooked and yellow 

 at their extremities. The leaves are dcnfely 

 imbricated, oval, acuminated, and rccurv'd 

 downwards. 

 The peduncles are two inches high, and of a red 

 colour •, the capfuies oblong, reddifh, and a lit- 

 tle inclin'd ; the operculum fhort and conical ^ 

 the pericha'tium prominent, long, and pointed, 



'viticukfmn HYPNUM furculis repcntibus, ramis vagis tere- 

 19- tibus, foliis patulis acuminatis. t^p. pL 15CJ2. 



(Mc7is. hifi. f, 15, /. 5./. 7. abfque Filamentis. 

 Vail. Paris, t. 23./. i. hcna. Billen. mujc- i. 39. , 

 /. 43. opt.) 

 Long cylindrical Hypnum. Afiglis. 

 At the roots of trees in dry woods. III. 



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