CRYPTOGAMIA MtJSCI. 691 



«^-\'"- xhe young branches are of a blue-green or glau- 

 ^^nitj'j . j,Qyg colour, rather proftratc than erect ; the 

 old ones are credt, and turn yellow in decay. 



bnij ,^..-. , : . SPHAGNUM. Gen.pl. 1187. 

 'J c: •-■.". Anthera operculata, ore Ijevi. Calyptra nulla. 

 palupe I. SPHAGNUM ramis deflexis. Sp. pi 1569. {Vail 

 :/,«jjb . i^aris. t. 23./. 3. Dillen. t. 32. /. i. Oed. Dan, 

 •■tc.-rto ' /. 474J 

 ^3^■ q Bog-mofs. Anglis. 



•In bogs abundantly. it.VII. VIII. 

 oj ,.■,.. It grows together in wide patches, fo as frequently 

 j^oio um, to cover a large portion of the bogs. The 

 .'iiiuoi ."..ftalks are found from two inches to two feet 

 -iVoTj. ■-; I long, irregularly furrounded with numerous, co- 

 ,< .>k-'nii>c nical, pendent branches, and terminated with a 

 : '■ ! i!-. // ' rofaceous clufter of fhort ered ones. The flalk 

 'r/j.Lf: and branches are every where imbricated with 

 bnn I'J'' oval, brittle, pellucid, flightly concave leaves, 

 [ Li. ti . the lower ones faded, the upper ones white, yel- 

 , ,ni:-2!.) -,[< lowifh green, and fometimes red. The cap- 

 s' \\\ "^ ' fules are oval, or almofl round, ere^l, fufcous^ 

 ,;:.;; I iij: - fmooth, and grow out of the ala of the cluf- 

 j.Jiai (0.- ters, at the tops of the branches, fupported on 

 ...i. fhort peduncles. Ac the bafe of the capfuie is 

 :--\ . . .an annular fwelling, which is a kind of recep- 

 tacle called by Linnaus zx\Apophyfis. The Oper- 

 culum., or lid of the capfuie is convex, with a 

 fliort point in the centre. The rim of the cap- 

 fuie has no beard or cilia., but is quite fmocth. 

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