'jiz CRYPTOGAM! A MU^CI. 



Swan's Neck Mnium. JnzUs. 



In woods and moift Ihsdy places. V. 



The iialks are from one to two inches high, ge- 

 nerally In-nple, but fometimes Ihooting out ten- 

 der red branches, which, magnified, appear like 

 the young twigs of a willow. The roots arc 

 covered with a rufty down. The leaves are i- 6th 

 of an inch long, lanceolate, acute, pellucid, di- 

 vided by a nerve, and appear finely ferrated oa 

 the cderes, if vjcw'd thro' a magnifier. 



The filament i5 from one to two inches long, of a 

 fhining tav/ny colour, and arifcs out of the fum- 

 • mit of the flalk -, at firft erc6t, but afterwards 



curved like a fwan's neck. The antbcra is oval 

 and pendulous, at firft green, but reddilh when 

 ripe. The operculum is fhort, obtul'e and whitidi. 

 The rim of the antbcra ciliated. 



Some of the ftalks are terminated with a ftellatcd 

 cup, furrounding a red granulated difc, which is 

 the origin of a future fhoot. 



This mofs may be readily diilinguifted from the 

 preceding by its fize, and the ferratures on the 

 edges of the leaves. 



srudum S, MNIUM antheris pcndulis, calyptra recurvata, 

 foliis pellucidis. Sp, pi. 1^76. (^Dillen. mujc, t. 51. 



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. ^ Tender fpear-leav'd Mnium. 



In woods and moift Ihady places Jin the lowlands. 

 Dr. Burgejs. Vo 



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