. CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 70$ 



„ There is a variety of this, the leaves of vrhich, 



when dry, are curled > the anthera at firfl: of ar4 



.: , -i ,. , inverted conical form, afterwards cylindrical; 



/.■.,-,;-. the calyptra yellow, and more hairy. Vail. Paris^ 



t. 27./. 9. Dillen. mufc.i. S5- f- ^i-opt. 

 t The filaments, or peduncles, are generally fliorteft 



' • in thofe fpecimens which grow on rocks, and 

 ' ■'< longed in thofe on trees. 



The hairy Calyptra, though only a fmgle one, af- 

 fords fo excellent a chara(5ler to the young ftu- 

 dent, that we judged it more advifeablc to range 

 • ^ . this mofs under the genus of POLYTRICHUM 



■ f' than that of BRYUM, efpecially as we had the 

 ' • - • countenance ot Hitdfon^ Scopoli, and tVeis for fo 



V- ■ " doing. • . ' ■ 



■'.'-^ ■; < 

 Viv- ^ .i , . MNIUM. Gen. pL 1193, 



/-•.vV Anthera operculata. Calyptra lasvis. Fern, capitu- 



'^jV;:ii . • .. . lum nudum pulverulentum remotum. 



«- . * Capituhs femineis Jtudis. 



pellucidum MNIUM caule fimplici, foliis ovatis. Sp^pL 1574, ' 

 I. , _ {Dillen. t. 31. / 2. Haller. hiji. n. 1853. /. j^^. 



' ' - /. 8. bona. Oed. Dan. t. 300.) 

 Pellucid Mnium. Anglis. 



In moifl: fhady places, and upon decay'd roots of 



trees. IV. 



', . The ftalks are red, fufcous and dov/ny at the root, 



- . J generally fingle, and about an inch high. The 



leaves are oval-acute, pellucid, of a fhining 



green colour, with entire edges, and a red nerve, 



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