7c8 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCl. 



f(iki^>,re 3. MNIUM caule dichotomo, foUis fubulatls. ^p. 

 pi. 1574. (Moris, hiji. f. 15. /. 6. /. 9. Diliin. 

 miifc. t. 31./. 3. opt.) 

 Marfli Milium. Ariglis, 

 In bogs frequent. V-VII. 



The ftalks grow erefb, from two to four inches 

 high, bifid, and often dichotomous, covered be- 

 tween the leaves with a fufcous fpongy down. 

 The leaves are lanceolate, acute, divided by a 

 thick nerve, and are of a yellowifli green colour. 



The branches of many of the older plants are ter- 

 minated with a wide ftellated crown of leaves, 

 in the centre of which is a cluRer of minute 

 ' : . . rcddifli duft-like fcalcs. Some of thele ftellated 

 crov/ns are four^d proliferous, producing often 

 two or three fliort new pale ftalks, about i-4th 

 of an inch Iiigh, naked towards the top, and 

 •,., , rei'minatcd each with a minute fcaly head. 



Other diilind plant?, of the fame fpecies, have 

 tawney red filaments, an inch and a half long, 

 arifing from the alx of the branches, and bear- 

 ing each a ftriated cnthera^ flightly inclined. 

 The cfeycuiu:n is fiiort, conical and pointed. 

 The catyptva fubulate, the rim ciliated. 



*'* St el! is f? minds folicfs. 



Untanum 4 ^'^^^iUM caule fimplice genirulis infiexo. Sp. ;?/. 

 1574. (Morii. bijl. /. 15. /. 6./. 8. Michdi. /. 

 r,(.j. f 4. Phik. aim. t. 47. /. 6. DiUau mufc. t. 44. 

 j. 2. opt. Oed- Dan, t. 2yb'.; 



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