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prefled to the ftalk when dry, but patent when 

 moid, fo as to render the (talks tunjid, like a 

 Iqiiirrel's or fox's tail. The colour is dark 

 green, turning rufly when old. 



The peduncles are half an inch high, erecl, and 

 faffron-colour'd. The caplules oblong, cylin. 

 drically oval, ered, and of a rcddilli bmwn co- 

 lour. The operculum conical and acute. 7 he 

 calyptra pale, with a yellow tip. The rim fur- 

 rounded with white cilia. The caplules are 

 rarely produced. 



In .foip.e of the more tumid branches are often 

 kQn innumerable fufcous granules, or o-ems, 

 which, through a microfcope, appcfar to be^'com- 

 pofed of minute leaves. Thefe granules are, 

 according to Linnaus, the female fruaifications! 



myofuroides HYPNUM furculis ramofimmis, ramis fubulatis 

 30. utrinque attenuatis teretibus. Sp. pi i^cj6 (Mo 



ris. hifi.J. 15. /. 6./. 3. Vail. Paris, a 27' /. o' 

 non hene. Biilen. t. 41,/. 51. opt.) 

 Moufc-tail Hypnum. Anglis. 

 On trunks of trees, and on rocks. I J, Hf, 

 "J he llalks are fibrous and creeping, from two to 

 four inches long, divided tovvardi tiie extremity 

 Into ieveral irregularly pinnated branches, which 

 pinnules, or fccondary branches, are cylindri- 

 cal, numerous, taper, and a little inciirv'd" 

 The leaves are oval-lanceolate, concave, termi- 

 nated with a hair-like point, fmooth,' clofcl" 

 imbricated, and of a bright green colour. "* 



