CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 761 



the water, which is fingular, and a prefumptive 

 argLiment that the contents of the anther^^ or 

 capfules, are fomcthing different from mere 

 Pollen^ or Parirja. 

 This mofs fometimes produces fcaly gems out of 

 the aliS of the leaves. 



HYPNUivI f*irculis vagis, apice foliis convoiutis 

 acuminato. Sp.pl. 15^^. {Diilen. muji\ /. 39./. 

 34. opt.) 



Spear-pointed Bog Hypnum. Jnglis. 



In bogs and marfnes frequent. IV. 



The ftaiks are eredV, three or four inches high, ir- 

 regularly branched, and fometimes obfcurely 

 pinnated. The extremities of the (lalk and la- 

 teral branches end in a ftiiF point, occafioned 

 by a clofc convolution of the upper leaves 

 which affords an excellent character for diftin- 

 guifhing this mofs. The leaves are oval-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, pellucid, a little patent, and 

 rather. laxly imbricated. The nerves are red 

 near their fumnits, and the leaves often of a 

 yellowifh colour, with a flight tinge of red. 



The peduncles are crca, two or three inches high, 

 of a red colour, and arife cut of the central 

 nerve, having a long fcaly perkb.^tium at their 

 bafe. The capfules are tumid, oval, a little 

 gibbous, inclined, of a green colour at firil:, af- 

 terwards tawny. The cpirculnm is fhort, coni- 

 cal, obtufe and red. The calyptra long, pointed 

 and flravv-colour'd. The rim ciliated. 



