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" The mountain's unfrequented maze, 

 Deep moss and lieather clothe the soil, 

 And many a springlet plays." 



In these spots also the capsules are most likely to be 

 found. The leaves are plaited longitudinally at the base, 

 and do not, as in some other species, get twisted when in 

 a dried state. 



BUXBAUMIA, Lhm. (Buxbaumia.) 



Named in compliment to the original discoverer, Biix- 

 baum, a German physician, who travelled much in the East, 

 and published a work on the botany of Hussia, and a Flora 

 of Halle. As an instance of his modest feelings with 

 regard to notoriety, it is recorded that he was at first dis- 

 posed to dedicate it to the memory of his father, but was 

 deterred by the fear of criticism having suggested to his 

 mind the fable of the fox, who, in search of grapes for 

 himself, was derided by the others for the pretence he made 

 of getting them for his sick mother. 



A curious geuus, and the subject of various dissertations, 

 since Linnseus devoted a paper to it in his 'Amcenitates 

 Academical.^ 



