CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL &i 



12. ANOMODON. 



1. A. viticulosum^ stem creeping; branches erect, cylindrical, 

 long, and generally simple ; leaves patent, ovate-lanceolate, en- 

 tire, nerved, crisped when dry ; " fruitstalks 1 inch ; capsule cy- 

 lindrical, erect." Hypnum viticulosum, LIGHTF. Fl> Scot. 7^4. 

 Neckera viticulosa, SMITH, FL JBrit. 1275. 



Hab. At the roots of trees in dry woods. Banks of the 

 Eye, between Ayton-house and Netherbyres, Rev. A. 

 Baird. 



13. HOOKERIA. 



1. H. lucens, stems procumbent, slightly branched, plane; 

 leaves bifarious, large, ovate, obtuse, entire, nerveless, reticu- 

 lated ; fruitstalks 1 inch ; capsule ovate, cernuous ; lid with a 

 subulate point Hypnum lucens, SM. FL Brit. 1295. 



Hab. On moist rocks in deans, and under shaded banks, 

 not common. Longridge-dean, Rev. A. Baird. On 

 shelving rocks at Hudshead, Winter. 



This fine genus was, with great propriety, named, by Sir J. 

 E. SMITH, in honour of Dr HOOKER, Professor of Botany 

 in the University of Glasgow, who has done more to facili- 

 tate the study of the order to which it belongs than any 

 other naturalist. 



14. FONT INALIS. 



1. F. antipyretic^ stems floating, branched, triangular ; leaves 

 lanceolate, entire, nerveless, folded, and acutely keeled ; capsules 

 on short bud-like branches, imbricated with oval scales, elliptical ; 

 lid conical, acute. 



Hab. In ponds and still running waters abundant, but not 

 common in fruit. Summer. 



" The specific name was given to this plant in allusion to its 

 being employed by the Swedes to fill up the spaces be- 

 tween the chimney and the walls, and thus, by excluding 

 the air, prevent the action of the fire." 



15. BARTRAMIA. 



1. B. pomiformisy stems csespitose; leaves long, subulate, ser- 



