7^4 CRYPTOGAMIA MU5CL 



together -, zh: bnnrhes tender, filiforme, a little 

 ered, and flightly branched, iht leaves are 

 extremely minute, oval-lanceolate, terminated 

 with a hair-like point, patenc, alternate, and 

 thinly let ; of a line green colour. 



The peduncles are nunerous, very long for the 

 fize of the mois, being two inches higu, ered, 

 red and (hining. The capfules are ered an firft, 

 and covered with white calyptra ; afterwards 

 they fweil, become cylindrical, large, a little in- 

 clin'd, g!"een at firit, but turning afterwards yel- 

 lowifn. The opircuhm is fncrt and conical, and 

 (lightly acuminated •, the rim ciliated. 



The fmallnefs of the branches, and tenuity of the 

 leaves^ make this mofs, at a diftance, appear 

 like a filamentary hyjfus \ which circumftance, 

 together with its numerous red peduncles, and 

 white calyptr^, will readily difcover it. 



fciurcides HYPNUM furculis eredis ramofis incurvatis. Sp, 



29. 



fl. 1596. (VaiL Paris, t. 27./. 12. Dillen muju 

 t,^\.f. 5A-) 



Squirrel-Tail Hypnum, AngJis. 



On the trunks of old trees. Hi. IV. 



The ftalks are three or four inches long, fibrous, 

 and creeping. The branches cylindrical, an 

 inch or an inch and a half high, fimple, or a 

 little divided ; fomewhat rigid when dry, and 

 often incurv'd ; but lax, tumid, ereft, and flex- 

 ible when moid. The leaves are oval-lanceo- 

 late, and terminated with a fhort hair-like point, 



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