CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 76^ 



HYPNUM furculo repente, ramis confertis crci:- 

 113, foliis iubulatis, antheris lubnutanribus. 6'f>. 

 pi. 1595. {Veil. Paris, t. 26./. 9 DiUcn. mujc. 

 t. 42. /. 6 i . opL Oed. Dan. /. 475.) 



Velvet llypnun!, with (looping heads. A>igi:s. 



At the roots of trees, and on the gro'jr/i in ihady 

 places. II. 



This mofs forms a thick mat or carpet. Th" fi:aiks 

 creep and ihcot^nuinberkrs erect, fliOrt, fimple 

 branches without order, and entangled toge- 

 ther. The Jeayes are very fmail, lanceolate, 

 acute, terminated with a fnort hair like poinr, 

 prefs'd to the nerve vvhcn cry, parent when 

 moilf ; of a deep green cc'O'jr, but unged with 

 yellow when old. 



The peduncles are copious, nearly an inch high, 

 and reddifli. The "capfules are oval, ihining, of 

 a redd. fa fofcous cojour, all inclin'd the fame 

 way. Tke cperculum is fhort, conical, and red- 

 difn; zhecaiyplra is pale green, ac firlf erecl, 

 afterwards oblique j the rim ciliated. 



HYPNUM furculis repentihus, ran-sis filiformibus, 

 foliis obliteratis. Sp pi. 1596. {Moris, hiji.f.i^, 

 t. 5./. 14 10 21. Vail. Paris, t. 20 /, 6. oft. 67 

 /. 2. 7. 8. Dilkn. '.nufc. t. 42./. 64.; 



Creeping capillary Hypnum. Ai^glis. 



Upon rotten wood, the roots of trees, in weils, 

 and on the ground in moiil fnady places. IV. 



The unlks are very Qencer, creeping, aad matted 



together 



